bath1

[bath, bahth] /bæθ, bɑθ/
noun, plural baths
[bath z, bahth z, baths, bahths] /bæðz, bɑðz, bæθs, bɑθs/ (Show IPA)
1.
a washing or immersion of something, especially the body, in water, steam, etc., as for cleansing or medical treatment:
I take a bath every day. Give the dog a bath.
2.
a quantity of water or other liquid used for this purpose:
running a bath.
3.
a container for water or other cleansing liquid, as a bathtub.
4.
a room equipped for bathing; bathroom:
The house has two baths.
5.
a building containing rooms or apartments with equipment for bathing; bathhouse.
6.
Often, baths. one of the elaborate bathing establishments of the ancients:
the baths of Caracalla.
7.
Usually, baths. a town or resort visited for medical treatment by bathing or the like; spa.
8.
a preparation, as an acid solution, in which something is immersed.
9.
the container for such a preparation.
10.
a device for controlling the temperature of something by the use of a surrounding medium, as sand, water, oil, etc.
11.
Metallurgy.
  1. the depressed hearth of a steelmaking furnace.
  2. the molten metal being made into steel in a steelmaking furnace.
12.
the state of being covered by a liquid, as perspiration:
in a bath of sweat.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object), bathed, bathing. Chiefly British
13.
to wash or soak in a bath.
Idioms
14.
take a bath, Informal. to suffer a large financial loss:
Many investors are taking a bath on their bond investments.
Origin
before 900; Middle English; Old English bæth; cognate with Old Frisian beth, Old Saxon, Old Norse bath, German Bad; < Germanic *bátha-n what is warmed, akin to Old High German bājan (German bähen), Swedish basa to warm; pre-Germanic *bheH- to warm, past participle *bhH-to-
Related forms
bathless, adjective

bath2

[bath] /bæθ/
noun
1.
a Hebrew unit of liquid measure, equal to a quantity varying between 10 and 11 U.S. gallons (38 and 42 liters).
Origin
< Hebrew

Bath

[bath, bahth] /bæθ, bɑθ/
noun
1.
a city in Avon, in SW England: mineral springs.
2.
a seaport in SW Maine.

Baʿth

[bah-ahth] /ˈbɑ ɑθ/
noun
1.
Baath.
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  • Hydrogen atoms taken from the water are pumped into another part of the duct, creating an acid bath.
  • She prefers to drink out of the bath, and often demands water be put in it if empty.
  • Put jars in a water-bath canner or on a rack set in a deep pot and cover with water.
  • Cool to room temperature or quick-chill in an ice bath.
British Dictionary definitions for bath

bath1

/bɑːθ/
noun (pl) baths (bɑːðz)
1.
a large container, esp one made of enamelled iron or plastic, used for washing or medically treating the body related adjective balneal
2.
the act or an instance of washing in such a container
3.
the amount of liquid contained in a bath
4.
run a bath, to turn on the taps to fill a bath with water for bathing oneself
5.
(usually pl) a place that provides baths or a swimming pool for public use
6.
  1. a vessel in which something is immersed to maintain it at a constant temperature, to process it photographically, electrolytically, etc, or to lubricate it
  2. the liquid used in such a vessel
verb
7.
(Brit) to wash in a bath
Word Origin
Old English bæth; compare Old High German bad, Old Norse bath; related to Swedish basa to clean with warm water, Old High German bāen to warm

bath2

/bæθ/
noun
1.
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about 8.3 Imperial gallons or 10 US gallons
Word Origin
Hebrew

Bath

/bɑːθ/
noun
1.
a city in SW England, in Bath and North East Somerset unitary authority, Somerset, on the River Avon: famous for its hot springs; a fashionable spa in the 18th century; Roman remains, notably the baths; university (1966). Pop: 90 144 (2001) Latin name Aquae Sulis (ˈækwiːˈsuːlɪs)
Word Origin and History for bath
n.

Old English bæð "immersing in water, mud, etc.," also "quantity of water, etc., for bathing," from Proto-Germanic *batham (cf. Old Norse bað, Middle Dutch bat, German bad), from PIE root *bhe- "to warm" (cf. Latin fovere "to foment") + Germanic *-thuz suffix indicating "act, process, condition" (cf. birth, death). Original sense was of heating, not immersing in water. The city in Somerset, England (Old English Baðun) was so called from its hot springs. Bath salts attested from 1875 (Dr. Julius Braun, "On the Curative Effects of Baths and Waters").

bath in Medicine

bath (bāth)
n. pl. baths (bāðz, bāths)

  1. The act of soaking or cleansing the body or any of its parts, as in water.

  2. The apparatus used in giving a bath.

  3. The fluid used to maintain the metabolic activities of an organism.

Slang definitions & phrases for bath

bath

Related Terms

take a bath


bath in the Bible

a Hebrew liquid measure, the tenth part of an homer (1 Kings 7:26, 38; Ezek. 45:10, 14). It contained 8 gallons 3 quarts of our measure. "Ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath" (Isa. 5:10) denotes great unproductiveness.

Idioms and Phrases with bath

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Encyclopedia Article for bath

process of soaking the body in water or some other aqueous matter such as mud, steam, or milk. The bath may have cleanliness or curative purposes, and it can have religious, mystical, or some other meaning (see ritual bath).

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