Bath | Mean of bath in English Dictionary

/ˈbæθ/

• Noun
• the act of washing the body usually by sitting or lying in a container filled with water
1. Do you prefer baths or showers?
2. I was taking a bath when the phone rang.
3. (chiefly Brit) I was having a bath.
4. We tried giving the dog a bath in the bathtub.
5. a long hot bath
6. bath towels [=large towels used for drying yourself after a bath or shower]
• the water used for a bath
1. a bath of warm/hot water
2. I was in the bath when the phone rang.
3. Would you like me to draw/run a bath for you? [=to fill the bathtub with water for you?]
• a public building where people in the past went to wash or soak their bodies
1. ancient Roman baths

• a public building with a swimming pool in it
• a container filled with a liquid in which an object is placed to be cleaned, treated, etc.
1. She dipped the metal in a bath of acid.
2. a chemical bath
• to lose a large amount of money in a business deal
1. The movie studio took a bath on his last picture.
• Verb
• to wash (someone) in a container filled with water
1. She baths [=(US) bathes] the baby in the kitchen sink.
• to have a bath
1. I usually bath [=(US) bathe] before going to bed.