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bath

[ bath, bahth ]

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noun

, plural baths [ba, th, z, bah, th, z, baths, bahths].

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.
a quantity of water or other liquid used for this purpose:
running a bath.
a container for water or other cleansing liquid, as a bathtub.
a room equipped for bathing; bathroom:
The house has two baths.
a building containing rooms or apartments with equipment for bathing; bathhouse.
Often baths. one of the elaborate bathing establishments of the ancients:
the baths of Caracalla.
Usually baths. a town or resort visited for medical treatment by bathing or the like; spa.
a preparation, as an acid solution, in which something is immersed.
the container for such a preparation.
a device for controlling the temperature of something by the use of a surrounding medium, as sand, water, oil, etc.
Metallurgy.
1. the depressed hearth of a steelmaking furnace.
2. the molten metal being made into steel in a steelmaking furnace.
the state of being covered by a liquid, as perspiration:
in a bath of sweat.

verb (used with or without object)

, Chiefly British.

, bathed, bath·ing.

to wash or soak in a bath.

bath

[ bath ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a Hebrew unit of liquid measure, equal to a quantity varying between 10 and 11 U.S. gallons (38 and 42 liters).

Bath

[ bath, bahth ]

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noun

a city in Avon, in SW England: mineral springs.
a seaport in SW Maine.

bath

/ bæθ /

noun

an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about 8.3 Imperial gallons or 10 US gallons

bath

/ bɑːθ /

noun

a large container, esp one made of enamelled iron or plastic, used for washing or medically treating the body balneal
the act or an instance of washing in such a container
the amount of liquid contained in a bath
run a bath
run a bath to turn on the taps to fill a bath with water for bathing oneself
usually plural a place that provides baths or a swimming pool for public use
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

to wash in a bath

Bath

/ bɑːθ /

noun

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 nameAquae Sulisˈækwiːˈsuːlɪs

Ba'th

⁴

/ bɑːθ /

noun

an Arab Socialist party, esp in Iraq and Syria, founded by Michel Aflaq in 1941. It attempts to combine Marxism with pan-Islamic nationalism

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Derived Forms

ˈBa′thi, adjective
ˈBa′thism, noun
ˈBa′thist, noun

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Other Words From

bathless adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bath¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English noun bath, beth, beath, Old English bæth; cognate with Old Frisian beth, Old Saxon, Old Norse bath, German Bad; from Germanic bátha-n “what is warmed,” from a root meaning “to warm”

Origin of bath²

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English bath(us), batus, from Latin batus, from Greek bátos, from Hebrew bath

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bath¹

Hebrew

Origin of bath²

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

Origin of bath³

C20: from Arabic: resurgence