Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense baths, present participle bathing, past tense, past participle bathedpronunciation note: When the form baths is the plural of the noun it is pronounced (bɑːðz) or (bæθs) in British English, and (bæðz) in American English. When it is used in the present tense of the verb, it is pronounced(bɑːθs) or (bæθs).
1. countable noun
A bath is a container, usually a long rectangular one, which you fill with water and sit in while you wash your body.
[British]
In those days, only quite wealthy families had baths of their own.
regional note: in AM, use bathtub
2. countable noun
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.
...a bath and shower gel.
3. verb
If you bath someone, especially a child, you wash them in a bath.
[British]
Don't feel you have to bath your child every day. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: clean, wash, soap, shower More Synonyms of bath
Bath is also a noun.
The midwife gave him a warm bath.
regional note: in AM, use bathe
4. verb
When you bath, you have a bath.
[British]
The three children all bath in the same bath water. [VERB preposition/adverb]
regional note: in AM, use bathe
5. countable noun
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.
One of the most important buildings in this ruined city is a public bath.
As well as a Roman amphitheatre and baths, the town has two superb museums.
6. countable noun
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, swimming bath, Turkish bath
More Synonyms of bath
bath in British English1
(bɑːθ)
nounWord forms: pluralbaths (bɑːðz)
1.
a large container, esp one made of enamelled iron or plastic, used for washing or medically treating the body
▶ Related adjective: 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
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
verb
7. British
to wash in a bath
Word origin
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
bath in British English2
(bæθ)
noun
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about 8.3 Imperial gallons or 10 US gallons
Word origin
Hebrew
Bath in British English
(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 name: Aquae Sulis (ˈækwiː ˈsuːlɪs)
Ba'th in British English
(bɑːθ) or Ba'ath
noun
an Arab Socialist party, esp in Syria and formerly in Iraq, founded by Michel Aflaq in 1941. It attempts to combine Marxism with pan-Islamic nationalism
Derived forms
Ba'thi (ˈBa'thi)
adjective
Ba'thism (ˈBa'thism)
noun
Ba'thist (ˈBa'thist)
noun
Word origin
C20: from Arabic: resurgence
Bath in American English
(bæθ; bɑθ)
city in SW England: health resort known for its hot springs: county district pop. 84,000
They should learn to put their own toothpaste on the brush and run their own baths.
The Sun (2016)
Reduce the time and temperature of your baths and showers.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Providing dust baths in runs also helps keep feathers clean.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Country houses, places of worship and public baths are thought to be most vulnerable to the scarcity of scaffolding.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I'm enjoying doing the ice baths again.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I promised myself that it would all be cured by a hot bath and a good night's sleep.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We had a great big plunge bath and just one or two showers.
Leo McKinstry Sir Alf: A Major Reappraisal of the Life and Times of England's Greatest FootballManager (2006)
They run the ice baths and make sure he stays in there until it melts.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The plunge baths that sit under moulded aluminium ceilings?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In football it is things like ice baths and getting injuries.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Wash his hair only over the edge of the bath with the shower head afterwards.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Having a bath or washing her hair was beyond her.
MacIntyre, Anne M. E. Post-Viral Fatigue Syndrome - How To Live With It (1989)
Warm baths and a leg massage before bed should ease the pains.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
We have all known revolting local baths where you need a shower after the shower.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The public sauna baths we used almost daily to lose unwanted pounds were pretty basic.
Frankie Dettori with Jonathan Powell FRANKIE: The Autobiography of Frankie Dettori (2004)
The first days bathing so burnt us that we were in real agony.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Does it taste nicer in the bath?
The Sun (2011)
Do not miss the experience of bathing in one of the lagoons near the cave.
Begg, Ean & Rich, Deike On the Trail of Merlin - a guide to the Celtic mystery tradition (1991)
They left the bath running and flooded the house.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Ice baths have become a most fashionable way to recover after an intense game or race.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He also recommends cooling off in a cold shower or bath just before you go to bed.
The Sun (2010)
The first and most important is the hot bath.
Wilkinson, Steve M.E. and You - a self-help plan (1988)
What about bathing and washing food?
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Draw a hot bath with some lavender oil, lie back and relax.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
One bath is equal to three showers, so swap.
The Sun (2013)
I draw a bath and undress.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
One bath, yes, two at a push.
The Sun (2013)
In other languages
bath
British English: bath /bɑːθ/ NOUN
A bath is a container which you fill with water and sit in while you wash your body.
In those days, only quite wealthy families had baths of their own.
American English: bathtub
Arabic: حَوْض الاِسْتِحْمام
Brazilian Portuguese: banho
Chinese: 浴缸
Croatian: kada
Czech: koupel
Danish: bad
Dutch: bad
European Spanish: bañera
Finnish: kylpy
French: bain
German: Bad
Greek: μπάνιο
Italian: bagno
Japanese: 浴槽
Korean: 욕조
Norwegian: bad
Polish: kąpiel
European Portuguese: banheira
Romanian: cadă
Russian: ванна
Latin American Spanish: baño
Swedish: bad vatten
Thai: อ่างอาบน้ำ
Turkish: banyo
Ukrainian: ванна
Vietnamese: bồn tắm
All related terms of 'bath'
baby bath
a plastic bath used for bathing a baby
bath bomb
a ball of carbonates and scent that is placed in bath water to dissolve and impart supposedly therapeutic properties to the water
bath bun
a sweet bun containing spices and dried fruit
Bath chap
the lower part of the cheek of a pig , cooked and eaten , usually cold
bath oil
scented oil added to bath water
bird bath
a small basin or trough for birds to bathe in, usually in a garden
dust bath
the action of a bird of driving dust into its feathers , which may dislodge parasites
eye bath
eyecup
foam bath
→ another name for bubble bath
hip bath
a portable bath in which the bather sits
salt bath
a bath of molten salts in which steel can be immersed to soak to a uniform and accurately maintained temperature as part of the process of heat treatment. Different salts are used for different temperatures
sitz bath
bath in which the buttocks and hips are immersed in hot water
spa bath
a system of underwater jets that keep the water in a bath or pool constantly agitated
stop bath
a weakly acidic solution used in photographic processing to stop the action of a developer on a film, plate , or paper before the material is immersed in fixer
sun bath
exposure of the body to sunlight or a sunlamp
Bath brick
a brick-shaped piece of calcareous earth , used for cleaning polished metal
Bath chair
a wheelchair for invalids , often with a hood
Bath Oliver
a kind of unsweetened biscuit
bath pearls
dissolvable granules added to bath water to impart scent or other qualities
bath salts
soluble scented salts for use in a bath
bath sheet
a large bath towel
Bath stone
a kind of limestone used as a building material, esp at Bath in England
bath towel
A bath towel is a very large towel used for drying your body after you have had a bath.
bath water
Your bath water is the water in which you sit or lie when you have a bath.
blood bath
a killing of many people; massacre
bubble bath
Bubble bath is a liquid that smells nice and makes a lot of bubbles when you add it to your bath water.
fixing bath
a solution containing one or more chemical compounds that is used, in fixing , to dissolve unexposed silver halides . It sometimes has an additive to stop the action of developer
plunge bath
a bath large enough to immerse the whole body or to dive into
shower bath
a brief period of rain , hail , sleet , or snow
sponge bath
a washing of the body with a wet sponge or cloth, but without immersion in water
steam bath
a room or enclosure that can be filled with steam in which people bathe to induce sweating and refresh or cleanse themselves
vapour bath
the act of bathing in vapour , formerly believed to have medicinal benefits
water-bath
a vessel containing heated water, used for heating substances
blanket bath
an all-over wash given to a person confined to bed
mustard bath
a supposed cure for aches , tired muscles, colds and fevers, consisting of bathing in hot water infused with mustard seeds
run a bath
to turn on the taps to fill a bath with water for bathing oneself
slipper bath
a bath in the shape of a slipper , with a covered end
sulphur bath
a curative bath in which the water used has sulphates dissolved in it, esp one in which the water comes from a natural hot spring
swimming bath
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.
Turkish bath
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.
developing bath
an amount of photographic developer into which photographic film or paper is inserted
take a bath
to lose a lot of money on an investment
whirlpool bath
a bath having a device for maintaining the water in a swirling motion
bathmat
A bathmat is a mat which you stand on while you dry yourself after getting out of the bath.
bathhouse
A bathhouse is a public or private building containing baths, and often other facilities such as a sauna.
Order of the Bath
→ the Order of the Bath
take an early bath
to stop doing something that you are involved in and leave before you have finished
shower
A shower is a device for washing yourself. It consists of a pipe which ends in a flat cover with a lot of holes in it so that water comes out in a spray.
the Order of the Bath
an order of knighthood founded by George I in 1725. It consists of the sovereign , the Great Master , and three classes of member: Knight (or Dame ) Grand Cross, Knight (or Dame) Commander , and Companion
whirlpool
A whirlpool is a small area in a river or the sea where the water is moving quickly round and round, so that objects floating near it are pulled into its centre.