What does "bath" mean?
A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub.
Bath
/bɑːθ/ name, noun, verb, slang
name, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·Middle school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub.
- Grammar: bath is listed as name, noun, verb, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: acid bath, affusion, aquamanile, aspergation.
- Useful contrasts: dehydrate, dry, drying.
- Usage evidence: Soon the bath was cool enough for him to get into.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub.
- 2 A former Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about 23 L or 6 gallons). historical
"Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer."
- 3 a soaking and washing in a bathtub wordnet
- 4 A building or area where bathing occurs.
"Among the ancients, the public baths were of amazing extent and magnificence."
- 5 a vessel containing liquid in which something is immersed (as to process it or to maintain it at a constant temperature or to lubricate it) wordnet
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- 6 Clipping of bathroom. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
"The master bath has two sinks."
- 7 an ancient Hebrew liquid measure equal to about 10 gallons wordnet
- 8 The act of bathing; an instance of this; the taking of a bath.
- 9 Specifically, bathing by immersing the body in water, rather than through other means, or an instance of this.
"Do you prefer baths or showers?"
- 10 An act of immersing the body in a specified substance, especially for hygiene, pleasure, or wellness, or a facility for this: e.g. mud bath, steam bath.
"Radio-active baths are said to act favourably in a sexual direction. So too with arsenical springs, cold water treatment, and hydrotherapy."
- 11 The body of liquid one bathes in.
- 12 A substance or preparation in which something is immersed. broadly
"a bath of heated sand, ashes, steam, or hot air"
Verb
- 1 To wash a person or animal in a bath. Commonwealth, transitive
"Somewhere to bath the baby: don't invest in a plastic baby bath. The bathroom handbasin is usually a much more convenient place to bath the baby. If your partner is more able, this could be a task he might take on as his, bathing the baby in a basin or plastic bown on the floor."
- 2 To bathe (oneself); to have a bath. Commonwealth, informal, intransitive
"“Oh, dear no, not me; I never bath, ’tis the cat has been bathing, in a warm sea bath; I’ll tell you how I manage: I bought a large pickle-jar, and so I have it filled every morning with hot sea water, proportionate to the thermometerical heat my finger can bear, and that I stile Tink-a-tink’s bath; in which I immerge him all but his head, for a quarter of an hour; and he looks so pretty, and receives so much benefit, you would be surprised.”"
Proper Noun
- 1 A city in Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset, England, famous for its baths fed by a hot spring.
- 2 Uncommon form of Baath. form-of, uncommon
- 3 A village in the Netherlands.
- 4 A village in New Brunswick, Canada.
- 5 A number of places in the United States:; A village in Illinois.
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- 6 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Indiana.
- 7 A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Sagadahoc County, Maine; named for the city in England.
- 8 A number of places in the United States:; A town in New Hampshire; named for William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath.
- 9 A number of places in the United States:; A town and village, the county seat of Steuben County, New York.
- 10 A number of places in the United States:; A town in North Carolina.
- 11 A number of places in the United States:; A town in Ohio.
- 12 A number of places in the United States:; A borough in Pennsylvania; named for the city in England.
- 13 A locality in Saint John parish, Barbados.
- 14 A town and mineral spring in Saint Thomas parish, Jamaica; named for the city in England.
- 15 An English marquisate.
- 16 A surname.
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"Soon the bath was cool enough for him to get into."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "bath"?
Common synonyms include: acid bath, affusion, aquamanile, aspergation, aspersion, automatic dishwasher.
How do you use "bath" in a sentence?
Soon the bath was cool enough for him to get into.
How do you pronounce "bath"?
Pronounced /bɑːθ/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁- Proto-Germanic *baþą Proto-West Germanic *baþ Old English bæþ Middle English bath English bath From Middle English bath, baþ, from Old English bæþ (“bath”), from Proto-West Germanic *baþ, from Proto-Germanic *baþą (“bath”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁- (“to warm”). Corresponding inherited verbs are beath and bathe. Cognate with Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, and Swedish bad (“bath”), Faroese and Icelandic bað (“bath”), German Bad (“bath”).
Etymology 2
From Hebrew בַּת (baṯ).
Etymology 3
From Middle English Bathe, from Old English Baþan, from the dative case of bæþ.
Etymology 4
Nonstandard transliteration of Arabic بَعْث (baʕṯ, “resurrection”).