ALL meanings of bath
bath
B b - countable noun bath A bath is a container, usually a long rectangular one, which you fill with water and sit in while you wash your body. 3
- countable noun bath When you have or take a bath, or when you are in the bath, you sit or lie in a bath filled with water in order to wash your body. 3
- verb bath If you bath someone, especially a child, you wash them in a bath. 3
- verb bath Bath is also a noun. 3
- verb bath When you bath, you have a bath. 3
- countable noun bath A bath or a baths is a public building containing a swimming pool, and sometimes other facilities that people can use to have a wash or a bath. 3
- countable noun bath A bath is a container filled with a particular liquid, such as a dye or an acid, in which particular objects are placed, usually as part of a manufacturing or chemical process. 3
- noun bath a large container, esp one made of enamelled iron or plastic, used for washing or medically treating the body 3
- noun bath the act or an instance of washing in such a container 3
- noun bath the amount of liquid contained in a bath 3
- noun bath a place that provides baths or a swimming pool for public use 3
- noun bath a vessel in which something is immersed to maintain it at a constant temperature, to process it photographically, electrolytically, etc, or to lubricate it 3
- noun bath the liquid used in such a vessel 3
- verb bath to wash in a bath 3
- noun bath an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about 8.3 Imperial gallons or 10 US gallons 3
- noun bath a city in SW England, in Bath and North East Somerset unitary authority, Somerset, on the River Avon: famous for its hot springs; a fashionable spa in the 18th century; Roman remains, notably the baths; university (1966). Pop: 90 144 (2001) 3
- noun bath an Arab Socialist party, esp in Syria and formerly in Iraq, founded by Michel Aflaq in 1941. It attempts to combine Marxism with pan-Islamic nationalism 3
- noun bath city in SW England: health resort known for its hot springs: county district pop. 84,000 3
- noun bath a washing or dipping of a thing, esp. the body, in water or other liquid, steam, etc. 3
- noun bath water or other liquid for bathing, or for dipping, cleaning, soaking, regulating temperature, etc. 3
- noun bath a container for such liquid 3
- noun bath a bathtub 3
- noun bath a bathroom 3
- noun bath a building or set of rooms for bathing 3
- noun bath in ancient Greece and Rome, a building used for public bathing, relaxation, etc. and as a social center 3
- noun bath a resort where bathing is part of the medical treatment; spa 3
- noun bath the condition of being covered with a liquid 3
- noun bath a material that acts as a medium for regulating the temperature of things put in or on it 3
- noun bath the container for this 3
- noun bath molten metal in a furnace 3
- noun bath a solution used in developing, fixing, etc. 3
- abbreviation BATH bathe 3
- noun bath an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure, variously estimated as equaling from 6 to 10 gal 3
- noun plural bath a washing or immersion of something, especially the body, in water, steam, etc., as for cleansing or medical treatment: I take a bath every day. Give the dog a bath. 1
- noun plural bath a quantity of water or other liquid used for this purpose: running a bath. 1
- noun plural bath a container for water or other cleansing liquid, as a bathtub. 1
- noun plural bath a room equipped for bathing; bathroom: The house has two baths. 1
- noun plural bath a building containing rooms or apartments with equipment for bathing; bathhouse. 1
- noun plural bath Often, baths. one of the elaborate bathing establishments of the ancients: the baths of Caracalla. 1
- noun plural bath Usually, baths. a town or resort visited for medical treatment by bathing or the like; spa. 1
- noun bath bathroom fixture: tub 1
- noun plural bath a preparation, as an acid solution, in which something is immersed. 1
- noun bath wash in a tub 1
- noun plural bath the container for such a preparation. 1
- intransitive verb bath take a bath 1
- noun plural bath a device for controlling the temperature of something by the use of a surrounding medium, as sand, water, oil, etc. 1
- noun plural bath Metallurgy. the depressed hearth of a steelmaking furnace. the molten metal being made into steel in a steelmaking furnace. 1
- noun plural bath the state of being covered by a liquid, as perspiration: in a bath of sweat. 1
- idioms bath take a bath, Informal. to suffer a large financial loss: Many investors are taking a bath on their bond investments. 1
- noun bath a socialist party of some Arab countries, especially Iraq and Syria. 1