sunbath

[ suhn-bath, -bahth ]

/ ˈsʌnˌbæθ, -ˌbɑθ /

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noun, plural sun·baths

[suhn-bathz, -bahthz, -baths, -bahths]. /ˈsʌnˌbæðz, -ˌbɑðz, -ˌbæθs, -ˌbɑθs/.

deliberate exposure of the body to the direct rays of the sun or a sunlamp.

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Origin of sunbath

First recorded in 1870–75; sun + bath¹

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How to use sunbath in a sentence

He was still enjoying his sun-bath when he heard the bar that fastened the door of his chamber lifted from its sockets.
The Argus Pheasant|John Charles Beecham
He was lying prone upon his chest as though for a sun-bath, and apparently had noticed nothing amiss.
Lives of the Fur Folk|M. D. Haviland
I don't care to have strangers peeping down at me when I'm enjoying a sun-bath.
The Tale of Timothy Turtle|Arthur Scott Bailey
Ah never am so happy as when Ah can take a sun-bath with nothin' to do.
Mother West Wind "Where" Stories|Thornton W. Burgess

Dismounting before the cabin of the colonel, he found that worthy in his invalid chair, enjoying a sun bath in front of his house.
Gunman's Reckoning|Max Brand

British Dictionary definitions for sunbath

sun bath

noun

the exposure of the body to the rays of the sun or a sun lamp, esp in order to get a suntan

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