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Bath Water I Noun Bɑːθ Bæθ Taps Shower

Word3 bath
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /bɑːθ/ /bæθ/
Example
  • i'm in the bath!
  • bath taps
  • a bath with shower attachment
  • i think i'll have a bath and go to bed.
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bath

(noun)/bɑːθ/ /bæθ/
  1. a large, long container that you put water in and then get into to wash your whole body
    • SEE ALSO birdbath
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/birdbath
    • I'm in the bath!
    • bath taps
    • a bath with shower attachment
  2. an act of washing your whole body by sitting or lying in water
    • SEE ALSO bubble bath
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/bubble-bath
    • I think I'll have a bath and go to bed.
    • to take a bath
    • She took the baby upstairs to give him a bath.
    • It's the children's bath time.
    • When she got home she decided she needed a bath.
  3. the water in a bath ready to use
    • a long soak in a hot bath
    • Please run a bath for me (= fill the bath with water).
    • I lay soaking in a hot bubble bath.
  4. a public building where you can go to swim
    • SEE ALSO swimming bath
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/swimming-bath
    • My father took me to the baths every Sunday.
  5. a public place where people went in the past to wash or have a bath
    • SEE ALSO Turkish bath
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/turkish-bath
    • Roman villas and baths
  6. a container with a liquid such as water or a dye in it, in which something is washed or placed for a period of time. Baths are used in industrial, chemical and medical processes.
    • SEE ALSO bloodbath
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/bloodbath
  7. to lose money on a business agreement
  8. Word Origin

    • Old English bæth, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bad and German Bad.
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