bath
♦ bath /b'ɑːθ, b'æθ/ (baths bathing bathed)
When the form baths is the plural of the noun it is pronounced /b'ɑːðz/or /b'æθs/in British English, and /b'æðz/in American English. When it is used in the present tense of the verb, it is pronounced /b'ɑːθs/ or /b'æθs/.
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A bath is a container, usually a long rectangular one, which you fill with water and sit in while you wash your body. (BRIT; in AM, use bathtub)
In those days, only quite wealthy families had baths of their own.
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When you have or take a bath, or when you are in the bath, you sit or lie in a bath filled with water in order to wash your body.
...if you have a bath every morning...
Take a shower instead of a bath.
3 [VERB] V n
If you bath someone, especially a child, you wash them in a bath. (BRIT)
Don't feel you have to bath your child every day.
= bathe
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Bath is also a noun. (in AM, use bathe)
The midwife gave him a warm bath.
4 [VERB] V prep/adv
When you bath, you have a bath. (BRIT; in AM, use bathe)
The three children all bath in the same bath water.
= bathe
5 [N-COUNT]
A bath or a baths is a public building containing a swimming pool, and sometimes other facilities that people can use to have a wash or a bath.
6 [N-COUNT] usu with supp
A bath is a container filled with a particular liquid, such as a dye or an acid, in which particular objects are placed, usually as part of a manufacturing or chemical process.
...a developing photograph placed in a bath of fixer.
7
see also bloodbath, bubble bath, Turkish bath, Turkish bathbath tow|el (bath towels)
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A bath towel is a very large towel used for drying your body after you have had a bath.bath wa|ter
also bathwater
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Your bath water is the water in which you sit or lie when you have a bath.
to throw the baby out with the bath water: see babybub|ble bath (bubble baths)
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Bubble bath is a liquid that smells nice and makes a lot of bubbles when you add it to your bath water.
2 [N-COUNT]
When you have a bubble bath, you lie in a bath of water with bubble bath in it.
...a long, relaxing bubble bath.swim|ming bath (swimming baths)
1 [N-COUNT]
A swimming baths or swimming bath is a building that contains an indoor public swimming pool. The plural swimming baths can be used to refer to one or more than one of these places. (BRIT; in AM, use pool, swimming pool)
It had been two years since I had been to the swimming baths.
2 [N-COUNT]
A swimming bath is a public swimming pool, especially an indoor one. (BRIT; in AM, use pool, swimming pool)Turk|ish bath (Turkish baths)
1 [N-COUNT]
A Turkish bath is a type of bath in which you sit in a very hot steamy room, then wash, have a massage, and finally swim or shower in very cold water.
2 [N-COUNT]
A Turkish bath is a place where you can have a Turkish bath.
When the form baths is the plural of the noun it is pronounced /b'ɑːðz/or /b'æθs/in British English, and /b'æðz/in American English. When it is used in the present tense of the verb, it is pronounced /b'ɑːθs/ or /b'æθs/.
1 [N-COUNT]
A bath is a container, usually a long rectangular one, which you fill with water and sit in while you wash your body. (BRIT; in AM, use bathtub)
In those days, only quite wealthy families had baths of their own.
2 [N-COUNT]
When you have or take a bath, or when you are in the bath, you sit or lie in a bath filled with water in order to wash your body.
...if you have a bath every morning...
Take a shower instead of a bath.
3 [VERB] V n
If you bath someone, especially a child, you wash them in a bath. (BRIT)
Don't feel you have to bath your child every day.
= bathe
[N-COUNT]
Bath is also a noun. (in AM, use bathe)
The midwife gave him a warm bath.
4 [VERB] V prep/adv
When you bath, you have a bath. (BRIT; in AM, use bathe)
The three children all bath in the same bath water.
= bathe
5 [N-COUNT]
A bath or a baths is a public building containing a swimming pool, and sometimes other facilities that people can use to have a wash or a bath.
6 [N-COUNT] usu with supp
A bath is a container filled with a particular liquid, such as a dye or an acid, in which particular objects are placed, usually as part of a manufacturing or chemical process.
...a developing photograph placed in a bath of fixer.
7
see also bloodbath, bubble bath, Turkish bath, Turkish bathbath tow|el (bath towels)
[N-COUNT]
A bath towel is a very large towel used for drying your body after you have had a bath.bath wa|ter
also bathwater
[N-UNCOUNT]
Your bath water is the water in which you sit or lie when you have a bath.
to throw the baby out with the bath water: see babybub|ble bath (bubble baths)
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
Bubble bath is a liquid that smells nice and makes a lot of bubbles when you add it to your bath water.
2 [N-COUNT]
When you have a bubble bath, you lie in a bath of water with bubble bath in it.
...a long, relaxing bubble bath.swim|ming bath (swimming baths)
1 [N-COUNT]
A swimming baths or swimming bath is a building that contains an indoor public swimming pool. The plural swimming baths can be used to refer to one or more than one of these places. (BRIT; in AM, use pool, swimming pool)
It had been two years since I had been to the swimming baths.
2 [N-COUNT]
A swimming bath is a public swimming pool, especially an indoor one. (BRIT; in AM, use pool, swimming pool)Turk|ish bath (Turkish baths)
1 [N-COUNT]
A Turkish bath is a type of bath in which you sit in a very hot steamy room, then wash, have a massage, and finally swim or shower in very cold water.
2 [N-COUNT]
A Turkish bath is a place where you can have a Turkish bath.