bathnoun
uk/bɑːθ/us/bæθ/A1 [ C ] UK US bathtub a long plastic, metal, or ceramic container that is filled with water so that you can sit or lie in it to wash your whole body
A1 [ C usually singular ] the activity of washing yourself or someone else in a bath:
to fill a bath with water for washing:
[ C ] US used to refer to a bathroom when describing a home:
[ C ] a health treatment:
[ C ] any container holding liquid:
UK old-fashioned → swimming baths
a public place where people went in the past to have a hot bath
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- Don't you just adore lying in a hot bath?
- He'd just got into the bath when the phone rang.
- I think we can plumb the new bath into the existing pipes.
- I've cleaned the basin and scrubbed the bath.
- I'll run you a bath while you take off those wet clothes.
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Bathroom fixtures & fittings
- basin
- bath rack
- bathroom fittings
- bathroom suite
- bathtub
- bidet
- drain
- hip bath
- hot tub
- Jacuzzi
- medicine cabinet
- plug
- plughole
- shower
- showerhead
- sink
- towel rail
- tub
- vanity unit
- washbasin
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bathverb [ I or T ]
uk/bɑːθ/us/bæθ/UK US batheto wash in a bath or to wash someone in a bath:
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Personal care - general words
- appearance
- baby wipe
- bathe
- bed bath
- body shaming
- body-shame
- dolled up
- facecloth
- flannel
- moisturizer
- powder
- retrosexual
- scrub up
- shower
- soap
- spruce
- varnish
- wash
- wash up
- well groomed
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