bubble bath

noun

1. a crystal, powder, or liquid preparation that foams in, scents, and softens bathwater.
2. a bath with such a preparation added to the water.

bubble bath

noun

1. a powder, liquid, or crystals used to scent, soften, and foam in bath water
2. a bath to which such a substance has been added

Word History and Origins

Origin of bubble bath¹

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

Still, I never know when a bubble bath will remind me of the nights I spent floating in my ex’s tub feeling as if I might as well die.

From Popular-Science

As long as we had Dad, FaceTime, takeout and daily bubble baths, we were set.

From Time

When those brain cells hush down, the squishing of the loofah happens—and proteins like beta-amyloid are scooped up and flushed down the drain like the last suds of your of a bubble bath.

From Popular-Science

A voiceover offers bubble bath to a harried mom, saying, “Escape to a world all your own…when you want to get away, but you don’t want to go anywhere.”

From Time

As we head back into lockdown already shouldering pandemic fatigue, scared of the unknown toll this will take on us, I order a $5 bottle of bubble bath.

From Washington Post

One participant strips down to take a bubble bath in a momentarily empty room.

From The Daily Beast

We have a goldfish named Bubble Bath who swims in a vase on the kitchen counter.

From The Daily Beast