bath

Plural: baths

Noun

• The act of washing the body, usually with water.
• a vessel containing liquid in which something is immersed (as to process it or to maintain it at a constant temperature or to lubricate it)
  • "she soaked the etching in an acid bath"
• you soak and wash your body in a bathtub
  • "he has a good bath every morning"
• a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body
• an ancient Hebrew liquid measure equal to about 10 gallons
• a town in southwestern England on the River Avon; famous for its hot springs and Roman remains
• a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet
• A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub.
• A building or area where bathing occurs.
• Clipping of bathroom.
• The act of bathing.
• The body of liquid one bathes in.
• A substance or preparation in which something is immersed.
• A former Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about 23 L or 6 gallons).

Verb

• clean one's body by immersion into water
  • "The child should bathe every day"
• To wash a person or animal in a bath.
• To bathe (oneself); to have a bath.

Examples

• a bath of heated sand, ashes, steam, or hot air
• After that crushing defeat in Words with Friends, I needed a long bath.
• The master bath has two sinks.

Synonyms

bathe, bathing tub, bathroom, bathtub, tub, bain