bath

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the process of soaking and washing one's body in a bathtub

   I have a long bath every Sunday evening.

2. 2
   noun

   a vessel containing liquid into which something is immersed, as to process it, to maintain it at a constant temperature, or to lubricate it

   I soaked the etching in an acid bath to preserve it.

3. 3
   noun

   a room containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet

   My housemates didn't like the fact that I spent over an hour in the bath every morning.

4. 4
   noun

   a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body

   As part of the renovations, I installed a new ceramic bath.

5. 5
   noun

   an ancient Hebrew liquid measure equal to about 10 gallons

   A bath is composed of six hin.

6. 6
   verb

   to clean one's body by immersion into water

   Children should bath every day.

7. 7
   noun

   A building or area where bathing occurs.

   Among the ancients, the public baths were of amazing extent and magnificence.

8. 8
   noun

   Clipping of bathroom.

   The master bath has two sinks.

Etymology

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”).