bathwater

[bath-waw-ter, -wot-er, bahth-]

noun

1. water for bathing: bath: bathe.

   He ran the bathwater while he shaved.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bathwater¹

First recorded in 1910–15; bath ¹ + water

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. throw out the baby with the bathwater, to eliminate or reject the good along with the bad.

Example Sentences

“Let’s not throw the baby out with the bathwater.”

From Los Angeles Times

The justice isn’t so much tossing the baby out with the bathwater as flagging that for the folks who don’t see the frogs, or the pot, or the roiling boil, it’s there; it simply hasn’t come for them yet.

From Slate

But now, they seem to be throwing out the baby with the bathwater.

From Slate

OK, which focus group asked for soap made from Sydney Sweeney’s dirty bathwater?

From Los Angeles Times

In announcing the limited-edition Sydney’s Bathwater Bliss product Thursday, boutique soap company Dr. Squatch said on social media that it exists because “y’all wouldn’t stop asking” for Soap á la Sweeney after the actor did a viral ad for the company last October.

From Los Angeles Times