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water-bath

wa·ter-bath
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [waw-ter, wot-er bath, bahth]
    • /ˈwɔ tər, ˈwɒt ər bæθ, bɑθ/
    • /ˈwɔːtə(r) bɑːθ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [waw-ter, wot-er bath, bahth]
    • /ˈwɔ tər, ˈwɒt ər bæθ, bɑθ/

Definitions of water-bath word

  • noun water-bath a system for the control of temperature in which a vessel containing the material to be heated is set into or over one containing water and receiving the heat directly. 1
  • noun water-bath a bath of water. 1
  • noun water-bath a vessel containing heated water, used for heating substances 0
  • noun water-bath Alternative spelling of water bath. 0

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Origin of water-bath

First appearance:

before 1815
One of the 39% newest English words
First recorded in 1815-25

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Parts of speech for Water-bath

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

water-bath popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 44% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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