noun
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.
a.
the depressed hearth of a steelmaking furnace.
b.
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)
13.
to wash or soak in a bath.
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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-
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-
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bath·less, adjective
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noun
a hebrew unit of liquid measure, equal to a quantity varying between 10 and 11 U.S. gallons (38 and 42 liters).
Origin:
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< Hebrew
noun
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bath1 (bɑːθ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl baths | |
| 1. | a large container, esp one made of enamelled iron or plastic, used for washing or medically treating the bodyRelated: 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 plural) a place that provides baths or a swimming pool for public use |
| 6. | a. a vessel in which something is immersed to maintain it at a constant temperature, to process it photographically, electrolytically, etc, or to lubricate it |
| b. the liquid used in such a vessel | |
| —vb | |
| 7. | (Brit) to wash in a bath |
| Related: balneal | |
| [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) | |
| —n | |
| an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about 8.3 Imperial gallons or 10 US gallons | |
| [Hebrew] | |
| Bath (bɑːθ) | |
| —n | |
| Latin name: Aquae Sulis 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) | |
| Ba'th or Ba'ath (bɑːθ) | |
| —n | |
| an Arab Socialist party, esp in Iraq and Syria, founded by Michel Aflaq in 1941. It attempts to combine Marxism with pan-Islamic nationalism | |
| [C20: from Arabic: resurgence] | |
| Ba'ath or Ba'ath | |
| —n | |
| [C20: from Arabic: resurgence] | |
| 'Ba′thi or Ba'ath | |
| —adj | |
| 'Ba′thism or Ba'ath | |
| —n | |
| 'Ba′thist or Ba'ath | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
bath
O.E. bæð "immersing in water, mud, etc.," also "quantity of water, etc., for bathing," from P.Gmc. *batham (cf. O.N. bað, M.Du. bat, Ger. bad), from PIE base *bhe- "to warm" (cf. L. fovere "to foment"). Original sense was of heating, not immersing in water. The city in Somerset, England
(O.E. Baðun) was so called from its hot springs.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
bath (bāth)
n. pl. baths (bā&phonth;z, bāths)
The act of soaking or cleansing the body or any of its parts, as in water.
The apparatus used in giving a bath.
The fluid used to maintain the metabolic activities of an organism.
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Bible Dictionary
Bath definition
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.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia
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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Example sentences
Bath bombs, after all, do not actually explode on contact with bath water.
Use your small modesty towel to cover up when walking to the bath, but do not put the modesty towel in the bath water.
Here bathing accessories replace standard bath accents.
Cool to room temperature or quick-chill in an ice bath.
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