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bath.

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

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/bɑːθ/[bɑːθ]General-South-African, Received-Pronunciation[bäːt̪ʰ]India, North[bäːt̪]India, South

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

  2. A building or area where bathing occurs.

  3. Clipping of bathroom.

    abbreviation · alt-of · clipping · informal
    The master bath has two sinks.

  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.

    Do you prefer baths or showers?

  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. A substance or preparation in which something is immersed.

    broadly
    a bath of heated sand, ashes, steam, or hot air
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁- Proto-Germanic *baþą Proto-West Germanic *baþ Old English bæþ Middle English bath English bath From Middle English bath, baþ, from Old English bæþ (“bath”), from Proto-West Germanic *baþ, from Proto-Germanic *baþą (“bath”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁- (“to warm”). Corresponding inherited verbs are beath and bathe. Cognate with Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, and Swedish bad (“bath”), Faroese and Icelandic bað (“bath”), German Bad (“bath”).

verb/bɑːθ/[bɑːθ]General-South-African, Received-Pronunciation[bäːt̪ʰ]India, North[bäːt̪]India, South

  1. To wash a person or animal in a bath.

    Commonwealth · transitive

  2. To bathe (oneself); to have a bath.

    Commonwealth · informal · intransitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁- Proto-Germanic *baþą Proto-West Germanic *baþ Old English bæþ Middle English bath English bath From Middle English bath, baþ, from Old English bæþ (“bath”), from Proto-West Germanic *baþ, from Proto-Germanic *baþą (“bath”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁- (“to warm”). Corresponding inherited verbs are beath and bathe. Cognate with Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, and Swedish bad (“bath”), Faroese and Icelandic bað (“bath”), German Bad (“bath”).

noun/bɑːθ/[bɑːθ]General-South-African, Received-Pronunciation[bäːt̪ʰ]India, North[bäːt̪]India, South

  1. A former Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about 23 L or 6 gallons).

    historical
Where this word comes from

From Hebrew בַּת (baṯ).

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