bath

[ bath, bahth ]

/ bæθ, bɑθ /

noun, plural baths [bathz, bahthz, baths, bahths]. /bæðz, bɑðz, bæθs, bɑθs/.

a washing or immersion of something, especially the body, in water, steam, etc., as for cleansing or medical treatment: I take a bath every day. Give the dog a bath.

a quantity of water or other liquid used for this purpose: running a bath.

a container for water or other cleansing liquid, as a bathtub.

a room equipped for bathing; bathroom: The house has two baths.

a building containing rooms or apartments with equipment for bathing; bathhouse.

Often baths . one of the elaborate bathing establishments of the ancients: the baths of Caracalla.

Usually baths . a town or resort visited for medical treatment by bathing or the like; spa.

a preparation, as an acid solution, in which something is immersed.

the container for such a preparation.

a device for controlling the temperature of something by the use of a surrounding medium, as sand, water, oil, etc.

Metallurgy.

the depressed hearth of a steelmaking furnace.
the molten metal being made into steel in a steelmaking furnace.

the state of being covered by a liquid, as perspiration: in a bath of sweat.

verb (used with or without object), bathed, bath·ing.Chiefly British.

to wash or soak in a bath.

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Idioms for bath

take a bath, Informal. to suffer a large financial loss: Many investors are taking a bath on their bond investments.

Origin of bath

before 900; Middle English; Old English bæth; cognate with Old Frisian beth,Old Saxon, Old Norse bath,German Bad;<Germanic *bátha-n what is warmed, akin to Old High German bājan (German bähen), Swedish basa to warm; pre-Germanic *bheH- to warm, past participle *bhH-to-

OTHER WORDS FROM bath

bathless, adjective

Words nearby bath

Bateson, BATF, batfish, batfowl, bat girl, bath, Bath and North East Somerset, Bat Hayil, Bath bun, Bath chair, Bath chap

Definition for bath (2 of 3)

bath²

[ bath ]

/ bæθ /

noun

a Hebrew unit of liquid measure, equal to a quantity varying between 10 and 11 U.S. gallons (38 and 42 liters).

Origin of bath

From Hebrew

Definition for bath (3 of 3)

Bath

[ bath, bahth ]

/ bæθ, bɑθ /

noun

a city in Avon, in SW England: mineral springs.

a seaport in SW Maine.

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British Dictionary definitions for bath (1 of 4)

bath¹

/ (bɑːθ) /

noun plural baths (bɑːðz)

a large container, esp one made of enamelled iron or plastic, used for washing or medically treating the bodyRelated adjective: balneal

the act or an instance of washing in such a container

the amount of liquid contained in a bath

run a bath to turn on the taps to fill a bath with water for bathing oneself

(usually plural) a place that provides baths or a swimming pool for public use

a vessel in which something is immersed to maintain it at a constant temperature, to process it photographically, electrolytically, etc, or to lubricate it
the liquid used in such a vessel

verb

British to wash in a bath

Word Origin for bath

Old English bæth; compare Old High German bad, Old Norse bath; related to Swedish basa to clean with warm water, Old High German bāen to warm

British Dictionary definitions for bath (2 of 4)

bath²

/ (bæθ) /

noun

an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about 8.3 Imperial gallons or 10 US gallons

Word Origin for bath

Hebrew

British Dictionary definitions for bath (3 of 4)

Bath

/ (bɑːθ) /

noun

a city in SW England, in Bath and North East Somerset unitary authority, Somerset, on the River Avon: famous for its hot springs; a fashionable spa in the 18th century; Roman remains, notably the baths; university (1966). Pop: 90 144 (2001)Latin name: Aquae Sulis (ˈækwiːˈsuːlɪs)

British Dictionary definitions for bath (4 of 4)

Ba'th

Ba'ath

/ (bɑːθ) /

noun

an Arab Socialist party, esp in Iraq and Syria, founded by Michel Aflaq in 1941. It attempts to combine Marxism with pan-Islamic nationalism

Derived forms of Ba'th

Bathi, adjectiveBathism, nounBathist, noun

Word Origin for Ba'th

C20: from Arabic: resurgence

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Medical definitions for bath

bath

[ băth ]

n. pl. baths (băðz, băths)

The act of soaking or cleansing the body or any of its parts, as in water.

The apparatus used in giving a bath.

The fluid used to maintain the metabolic activities of an organism.

Idioms and Phrases with bath

bath

see take a bath; throw out the baby with the bath water.

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bath

noun, plural baths [bathz, bahthz, baths, bahths]. /bæðz, bɑðz, bæθs, bɑθs/.

verb (used with or without object), bathed, bath·ing.Chiefly British.