bath
noun
[ bɑːθ ]
• a large container for water, used for immersing and washing the body.
• "the bedrooms have their own bath and shower"
Similar:
bathtub,
tub,
hot tub,
hip bath,
sitz bath,
whirlpool bath,
sauna,
steam bath,
Turkish bath,
pool,
Jacuzzi,
slipper bath,
thermae,
bath
verb
• wash (someone) while immersing them in a bath.
• "how to bath a baby"
Origin:
Old English bæth, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bad and German Bad .
bath
noun
• an ancient Hebrew liquid measure equivalent to about 40 litres or 9 gallons.
Origin:
from Hebrew baṯ .
take a bath
• suffer a heavy financial loss.
• "even though we got stuck in a rotten gold market, our readers didn't take a bath"