bath

Meaning

Noun

1. A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub.
2. A building or area where bathing occurs.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal) Clipping of bathroom.
4. The act of bathing; an instance of this; the taking of a bath.
5. The body of liquid one bathes in.
6. (broadly) A substance or preparation in which something is immersed.

Verb

1. (Commonwealth, transitive) To wash a person or animal in a bath.
2. (Commonwealth, informal, intransitive) To bathe (oneself); to have a bath.

Synonyms

bathing

bathe

bathroom

bathtub

🛁

tub

take a bath

wash

🧽

ablution

bathing tub

bathhouse

shower

🚿

toilet

🚽

swim

🏊

restroom

🚻

washing

lavatory

give a bath

rinse

dip

bath-house

loo

wash oneself

washroom

scrub

shampoo

shower room

showerstall

soak

spa

steep

vesicle

wash-basin

washout

B

🅱️

john

ritual bath

warm spring

hot spring cure

balneum

cuvette

W.C.

taking a bath

subergence

water for washing

alveolus

b

🅱️

bathing hut

bathing place

baths

bath-tub

Translations

bain

🛀

bagno

🛀

Bad

🛀

baño

🛀

baignoire

🛀

bad

🛀

μπάνιο

bañera

🛁

salle de bains

λουτρό

bany

🛀

Badewanne

🛁

μπανιέρα

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɑːθ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: bath

Inherited from Old English: bæþ

In summary

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁-
Proto-Germanic *baþą
Proto-West Germanic *baþ
Old English bæþ
Middle English bath
English bath
From Middle English bath, baþ, from Old English bæþ (“bath”), from Proto-West Germanic *baþ, from Proto-Germanic *baþą (“bath”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁- (“to warm”). Corresponding inherited verbs are beath and bathe.

Sentences

And after the bath a shave would not be bad .