# bath

Pronunciation: US say "BATH" /bæθ/; UK say "BAHTH" /bɑːθ/

## Noun

1. An instance of washing the body by sitting or lying in water.
   - Simple: The act of washing your whole body in water.
   - _A warm bath helped soothe her aching muscles after the marathon._
   - _He skipped his evening bath because he was too tired to move._
2. A tub or large vessel used for washing the body by sitting in water.
   - Simple: A large container you fill with water to sit in and wash.
   - _He scrubbed the bath until it gleamed._
   - _They installed a freestanding bath in the corner of the room._
3. Short for bathroom: a room with a toilet and sink, and usually a bathtub or shower, used especially in real estate listings. *(colloquial)* — Clipping of bathroom.
   - Simple: Short for bathroom. Used especially in property listings.
   - _The renovated unit offers a master suite with its own bath._
   - _Each floor of the building includes a shared bath._
4. A building or public place set aside for bathing or swimming.
   - Simple: A building or place where people go to wash or swim.
   - _Every afternoon she walked to the public bath to swim a few laps._
   - _The ancient baths still stand at the edge of the old city._
5. A liquid or other medium in which an object is immersed, often to heat, clean, or treat it.
   - Simple: A liquid or other material that you put something into to treat or heat it.
   - _Technicians lowered the flask into a heated oil bath to keep the reaction stable._
   - _The photographs sat in a chemical bath until the images appeared._
7. The quantity of water in which a person washes, considered as a body of liquid.
   - Simple: The water you sit in when you wash yourself.
   - _He let the bath go cold while he answered the phone._
   - _A few drops of lavender turned the whole bath fragrant._

## Verb

6. To wash oneself, or wash a person or animal, by sitting or placing them in a bath of water. *(colloquial, Commonwealth)*
   - Simple: To wash yourself, or wash a baby, person or animal, in a bath.
   - _She prefers to bath in the morning rather than late at night._
   - _After the long hike, they bathed quickly and went straight to sleep._

## Other meanings

- (noun) A former Hebrew unit of liquid volume equal to about 23 liters, or roughly 6 gallons.

## Origin

From Middle English "bath", from Old English "bæþ" ("bath"), which traces back through Proto-Germanic "*baþą" to the Proto-Indo-European root "*bʰeh₁-" ("to warm"). The related inherited verbs are "beath" and "bathe".

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