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   bath

   /bɑːθ/

   noun

   • 1. a large container for water, used for immersing and washing the body: "the bedrooms have their own bath and shower" Similar bathtubtubhot tubhip bathsitz bathwhirlpool bathsaunasteam bathTurkish bathpooltrademark:Jacuzziarchaic:slipper baththermae
   • ▪ an act or process of immersing and washing one's body in the water held by a bath: "she took a long, hot bath" Similar washsoakdipshowerdouchesoapingspongingtoiletformal, humorous:ablution
   • ▪ a building containing a public swimming pool or washing facilities: "he told them to meet him at the baths"
   • ▪ a bathroom: "people are spending more money on their kitchen and bath"
   • ▪ a container holding a liquid in which something is immersed, typically when undergoing a process such as film developing.

   verb

   • 1. wash (someone) while immersing them in a bath: British "how to bath a baby" Similar give ... a bathwashcleansoakdouchesoapbatheliterary:lave
   • ▪ wash oneself while immersed in a bath: British "there was no hot water to bath in" Similar bathehave/take a bathwashcleansoakshowerdoucheliterary:laveformal, humorous:perform one's ablutions

   Word Origin Old Englishbæth, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bad and German Bad.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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