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half bath

or half-bath

noun

  1. a bathroom containing only a toilet and wash basin; powder room.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of half bath1

First recorded in 1875–80

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Example Sentences

The object of using so little water in this bath, the foot and a half bath, is, that reaction may be the sooner effected.

Sitz-bath to be cold instead of tepid, and alternate days foot-bath and tepid half bath, without rubbing-sheet.

In excessive heat and continuous delirium, a half-bath may be given, also, every time the packing sheet is changed.

After the pack, a half-bath should be given, the duration of which must be regulated by the condition of the brain.

When he awoke, he complained again of pain in his head, which partly yielded to the half-bath.

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