bath

/bæθ/

/bɑθ/

Other forms: baths

The action of soaking or washing yourself in water is a bath. You might take a bubble bath to relax before bed after a stressful day.

Your soak in soapy water is a bath, and the tub in which you're lying is also a bath. Other containers of water are baths too, particularly in cooking: "If the custard's sitting in a hot water bath, it will cook more evenly." While the Old English root bæð means "immersing in water," it also means "immersing in mud." If an investor "takes a bath," it means, colloquially, that she loses a lot of money.

Definitions of bath

1. noun

   a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body
   synonyms: bathing tub, bathtub, tub

   types:

   footbath

   a small bathtub for warming or washing or disinfecting the feet

   hot tub

   a very large tub (large enough for more than one bather) filled with hot water

   hip bath, sitz bath

   a bathtub in which your buttocks and hips are immersed as if you were sitting in a chair and you bathe in a sitting position

   type of:

   vessel

   an object used as a container (especially for liquids)
2. noun

   you soak and wash your body in a bathtub
   “he has a good bath every morning”

   types:

   bubble bath

   a bath in which you add something to foam and scent the bath water

   mikvah

   (Hebrew) a ritual purification and cleansing bath that Orthodox Jews take on certain occasions (as before Sabbath or after menstruation)

   mud bath

   a bath in warm mud (as for treating rheumatism)

   type of:

   bathing, washup

   the act of washing yourself (or another person)
3. noun

   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)
   “she soaked the etching in an acid bath”

   type of:

   vessel

   an object used as a container (especially for liquids)
4. noun

   a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet
   synonyms: bathroom

   type of:

   room

   an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
5. verb

   clean one's body by immersion into water
   synonyms: bathe

   types:

   foment

   bathe with warm water or medicated lotions

   type of:

   clean, cleanse

   clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing
6. noun

   an ancient Hebrew liquid measure equal to about 10 gallons
   type of:

   liquid measure, liquid unit

   a unit of capacity for liquids (for measuring the volumes of liquids or their containers)