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bubble bath

American  

noun

  • bubble baths
    plural
  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 British  

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of bubble bath

First recorded in 1945–50


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Instead, the CBS Mornings co-host hits snooze three times before taking a bubble bath.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

“Judging by the amount of mud on him, a pretty hot bath, a nice hot bubble bath and we’ll get him back to the barn,” McCarthy said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2025

By that point, however, Harris had moved into his brain and drawn a relaxing bubble bath.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2024

Visitors slid down the pole in “The Fire Cat,” slithered into the gullet of the boa constrictor in “Where the Sidewalk Ends” and lounged in a faux bubble bath in “Harry the Dirty Dog.”

From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2024

They depict Luke and me snug in new pajamas, splashing in a bubble bath, and hugging a hound dog whose head is twice as big as my brother’s.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

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