Bath
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bath1 /bɑːθ/
▶noun (pl. baths)
- 1 a large tub that is filled with water for immersing and washing the body.
■ an act of washing in a bath.
- 2 (also baths) Brit. a building containing a public swimming pool or washing facilities.
- 3 a container holding a liquid in which an object is immersed in chemical or industrial processing.
– phrases
take a bath informal suffer a heavy financial loss.
take a bath informal suffer a heavy financial loss.
– origin OE bæth, of Gmc origin.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bath2 /baθ/
▶noun an ancient Hebrew liquid measure equivalent to about 40 litres or 9 gallons.
– origin from Heb. baṯ.
'Bath' also found in these Oxford entries:
bagnio
- bain-marie
- balneology
- bath
- bath
- Bath bun
- bath chair
- bathe
- bathroom
- bath salts
- bath sponge
- Bath stone
- bathtub
- birthing pool
- blanket bath
- bubble bath
- caldarium
- CB
- DCB
- dust bath
- frigidarium
- GCB
- hammam
- hip bath
- jacuzzi
- KCB
- loofah
- Most Honourable
- mudbath
- plughole
- plumb
- Sally Lunn
- sand bath
- sauna
- shower
- sitz bath
- slipper bath
- sponge bath
- steam bath
- tepidarium
- tidemark
- toner
- trap
- tub
- Turkish bath
- vat dye
- waste pipe
- whirlpool
- yukata
