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bathing machine

bath ma·chine
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bath, bahth muh-sheen]
    • /bæθ, bɑθ məˈʃin/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bath, bahth muh-sheen]
    • /bæθ, bɑθ məˈʃin/

Definitions of bathing machine words

  • noun bathing machine a small hut, on wheels so that it could be pulled to the sea, used in the 18th and 19th centuries for bathers to change their clothes 3
  • noun bathing machine a small bathhouse on wheels formerly used as a dressing room and in which bathers could also be transported from the beach to the water. 1
  • noun bathing machine (in the 19th and early 20th century) A portable changing room that was rolled down a beach to the edge of the sea to allow people to paddle in the sea modestly. 0
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Origin of bathing machine

First appearance:

before 1765
One of the 46% newest English words
First recorded in 1765-75

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Parts of speech for Bathing machine

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Bathing machine

bathing machine popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 68% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

bathing machine usage trend in Literature

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