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sunbath

American

[suhn-bath, -bahth] / ˈsʌnˌbæθ, -ˌbɑθ /

noun

plural

sunbaths

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

Etymology

Origin of sunbath

First recorded in 1870–75; sun + bath ¹

Example Sentences

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Then on Aug. 12, a teenage Reggie crawled out of the water for a sunbath, and a city lost its mind.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2022

A sunbath, thought to be the ultimate Kryptonite, turned him into a crispy critter but failed to finish him.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 13, 2015

Everybody loves the beach, but a backyard dip or soothing sunbath can be a wonderful luxury in itself.

From Time Magazine Archive

This day promised, like the others, to be a sunbath under a blue dome.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

He went to Florence for June, then quitted Italy altogether, settling for three months at Berchtesgaden, the romantic little "sunbath" in the Salzburg Alps, then still very quiet and unfashionable.

From Henrik Ibsen by Gosse, Edmund

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