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Bath I Water Long Hot Run Bed Noun

Word bath
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / bɑːθ / NAmE / bæθ /
Example
  • a long soak in a hot bath
  • please run a bath for me (= fill the bath with water).
  • i think i'll have a bath and go to bed.
  • to take a bath
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bath

(noun)BrE / bɑːθ / NAmE / 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
  2. the water in a bath/ bathtub, ready to use
    • a long soak in a hot bath
    • Please run a bath for me (= fill the bath with water).
  3. 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
  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. Extra Examples

    • Could you run the bath for me?
    • I lay soaking in a hot bubble bath.
    • I’m in the bath!
    • It’s the children’s bath time.
    • bath taps
    • I think I’ll have a bath and go to bed.
    • She took the baby upstairs to give him a bath.
    • to take a bath

    Word Origin

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