Meaning

A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub..

Definitions by Sense

1. A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub.
2. A building or area where bathing occurs.
3. (real estate, informal) Clipping of bathroom.
4. The act of bathing; an instance of this; the taking of a bath.
5. Specifically, bathing by immersing the body in water, rather than through other means, or an instance of this.
6. An act of immersing the body in a specified substance, especially for hygiene, pleasure, or wellness, or a facility for this: e.g. mud bath, steam bath.
7. The body of liquid one bathes in.
8. (by extension) A substance or preparation in which something is immersed.

Example Sentences

Among the ancients, the public baths were of amazing extent and magnificence.

The master bath has two sinks.

Do you prefer baths or showers?

Radio-active baths are said to act favourably in a sexual direction. So too with arsenical springs, cold water treatment, and hydrotherapy.

a bath of heated sand, ashes, steam, or hot air

He takes the prepared charcoal used by artists, brings it to a white heat, and suddenly plunges it in a bath of mercury, of which the globules instantly penetrate the pores of charcoal, and may be said to metallize it.

While the yarn is soaking in its water and vinegar bath, I prepare a selection of dyes for my preferred colorway.

Somewhere to bath the baby: don't invest in a plastic baby bath. The bathroom handbasin is usually a much more convenient place to bath the baby. If your partner is more able, this could be a task he might take on as his, bathing the baby in a basin or plastic bown on the floor.

Word Forms

• baths
• bathing
• bathed

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When Should You Use Bath?

Use bath when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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