noun pl. baths (bat̸hz, bät̸hz; bat̸hs, bät̸hs)

1. a washing or dipping of a thing, esp. the body, in water or other liquid, steam, etc.
2. water or other liquid for bathing, or for dipping, cleaning, soaking, regulating temperature, etc.
3. a container for such liquid
4. a bathtub
5. a bathroom
6. 1. a building or set of rooms for bathing
   2. in ancient Greece and Rome, a building used for public bathing, relaxation, etc. and as a social center
7. a resort where bathing is part of the medical treatment; spa
8. the condition of being covered with a liquid
9. Chem.
   1. a material that acts as a medium for regulating the temperature of things put in or on it
   2. the container for this
10. Metallurgy molten metal in a furnace
11. Photog. a solution used in developing, fixing, etc.

Etymology: ME < OE bæth < IE base *bhe-, to warm > bake

transitive verb, intransitive verb

noun

Etymology: Heb bat