Bath
Bath (bȧth; 61) , noun
[Anglo-Saxon bae; akin to Old Saxon & Icelandic bae, Swedish, Danish, Dutch, & German bad, and perh. to German bahen to foment.]
1.
The act of exposing the body, or part of the body, for purposes of cleanliness, comfort, health, etc., to water, vapor, hot air, or the like; as, a cold or a hot bath; a medicated bath; a steam bath; a hip bath.
2.
Water or other liquid for bathing.
3.
A receptacle or place where persons may immerse or wash their bodies in water.
4.
A building containing an apartment or a series of apartments arranged for bathing.
Among the ancients, the public baths were of amazing extent and magnificence.
5.
(Chemistry) A medium, as heated sand, ashes, steam, hot air, through which heat is applied to a body.
6.
(Photography) A solution in which plates or prints are immersed; also, the receptacle holding the solution.
Bath is used adjectively or in combination, in an obvious sense of or for baths or bathing; as, bathroom, bath tub, bath keeper.
Collocations (5)
Douche bath , See Douche.
Order of the Bath , a high order of British knighthood, composed of three classes, namely, knights grand cross, knights commanders, and knights companions, abbreviated thus: G. C. B., K. C. B., K. B.
Russian bath , a kind of vapor bath which consists in a prolonged exposure of the body to the influence of the steam of water, followed by washings and shampooings.
Turkish bath , a kind of bath in which a profuse perspiration is produced by hot air, after which the body is washed and shampooed.
Bath house , a house used for the purpose of bathing; -- also a small house, near a bathing place, where a bather undresses and dresses.
Bath ({not transcribed}) , noun
[Hebrew]
A Hebrew measure containing the tenth of a homer, or five gallons and three pints, as a measure for liquids; and two pecks and five quarts, as a dry measure.
Bath ({not transcribed}) , noun
A city in the west of England, resorted to for its hot springs, which has given its name to various objects.
Collocations (5)
Bath brick , a preparation of calcareous earth, in the form of a brick, used for cleaning knives, polished metal, etc.
Bath chair , a kind of chair on wheels, as used by invalids at Bath. People walked out, or drove out, or were pushed out in their Bath chairs.
Bath metal , an alloy consisting of four and a half ounces of zinc and one pound of copper.
Bath note , a folded writing paper, 8 1/2 by 14 inches.
Bath stone , a species of limestone (oolite) found near Bath, used for building.