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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bath1 /bæθ/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. baths /bæðz, bɑðz, bæθs, bɑθs/USA pronunciation .- a washingof something, esp. the body, for cleansing or medical treatment:a warm bath to relax your aching muscles.
- a container for water or other cleansing liquid, as a bathtub.
- bathroom.
- Often, baths. [plural] a swimming pool.
- Usually, baths. [plural] a resort visited for medical treatment by bathing;
spa. - Chemistrya preparation, as an acid solution, into which something is dipped.
Idioms- Idioms, Informal Terms take a bath, Informal. to suffer a large financial loss:When interest rates suddenly went up, we took a bath on most of our deals.
bath is a noun, bathe is a verb:The baby needed a bath. He bathed the baby in warm water. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bath1 (bath, bäth),USA pronunciation n., pl. baths (baᵺz, bäᵺz, baths, bäths),USA pronunciation v.
n. - a washing or immersion of something, esp. the body, in water, steam, etc., as for cleansing or medical treatment:I take a bath every day. Give the dog a bath.
- a quantity of water or other liquid used for this purpose:running a bath.
- a container for water or other cleansing liquid, as a bathtub.
- a room equipped for bathing;
bathroom:The house has two baths. - a building containing rooms or apartments with equipment for bathing;
bathhouse. - Often, baths. one of the elaborate bathing establishments of the ancients:the baths of Caracalla.
- Usually, baths. a town or resort visited for medical treatment by bathing or the like;
spa. - Chemistrya preparation, as an acid solution, in which something is immersed.
- Chemistrythe container for such a preparation.
- Chemistrya device for controlling the temperature of something by the use of a surrounding medium, as sand, water, oil, etc.
- Metallurgy
- the depressed hearth of a steelmaking furnace.
- the molten metal being made into steel in a steelmaking furnace.
- the state of being covered by a liquid, as perspiration:in a bath of sweat.
- take a bath, [Informal.]to suffer a large financial loss:Many investors are taking a bath on their bond investments.
v.t., v.i. - to wash or soak in a bath.
- Gmc *bátha-n what is warmed, akin to Old High German bājan (German bähen), Swedish basa to warm; pre-Gmc *bheH- to warm, past participle *bhH-to-
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English bæth; cognate with Old Frisian beth, Old Saxon, Old Norse bath, German Bad;
- Weights and Measures, Judaisma Hebrew unit of liquid measure, equal to a quantity varying between 10 and 11 U.S. gallons (38 and 42 liters).
Bath (bath, bäth),USA pronunciation n. - Place Namesa city in Avon, in SW England: mineral springs. 84,300.
- Place Namesa seaport in SW Maine. 10,246.
Ba‘th (bä′äth),USA pronunciation n. - Baath.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: bath /bɑːθ/ n ( pl baths /bɑːðz/)- a large container, esp one made of enamelled iron or plastic, used for washing or medically treating the body
- the act or an instance of washing in such a container
- the amount of liquid contained in a bath
- (usually plural) a place that provides baths or a swimming pool for public use
- a vessel in which something is immersed to maintain it at a constant temperature, to process it photographically, electrolytically, etc, or to lubricate it
- the liquid used in such a vessel
vb - Brit to wash in a bath
Etymology: 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 |