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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"
Similar: give ... a bath, wash, clean, soak, douche, soap, bathe, lave,
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"

an early bath

• used in reference to the sending off of a sports player during a match.
"the referee awarded a penalty and ordered an early bath for Thomas"

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"



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