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bath

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What does bath mean?

noun

  1. A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub.
  2. A building or area where bathing occurs.
  3. (informal) Clipping of bathroom.
More meanings (35)

noun

  1. The act of bathing; an instance of this; the taking of a bath.
  2. Specifically, bathing by immersing the body in water, rather than through other means, or an instance of this.
  3. An act of immersing the body in a specified substance, especially for hygiene, pleasure, or wellness, or a facility for this: e.g. mud bath, steam bath.
  4. The body of liquid one bathes in.
  5. A substance or preparation in which something is immersed.
  6. (historical) A former Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about 23 L or 6 gallons).

verb

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

proper noun

  1. A city in Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset, England, famous for its baths fed by a hot spring.
  2. A village in the Netherlands.
  3. A village in New Brunswick, Canada.
  4. A former settlement in Placer County, California.
  5. An unincorporated community in Richmond County, Georgia.
  6. A village and township in Mason County, Illinois.
  7. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Franklin County, Indiana.
  8. A township in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa.
  9. An unincorporated community in Knott County, Kentucky.
  10. A city, the county seat of Sagadahoc County, Maine; named for the city in England.
  11. A township and census-designated place therein, in Clinton County, Michigan.
  12. A township in Freeborn County, Minnesota.
  13. A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire; named for William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath.
  14. A town and village, the county seat of Steuben County, New York.
  15. A town in Beaufort County, North Carolina.
  16. A township in Allen County, Ohio.
  17. A township in Greene County, Ohio.
  18. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Summit County, Ohio.
  19. A borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania; named for the city in England.
  20. An unincorporated community in Aiken County, South Carolina.
  21. A census-designated place and township in Brown County, South Dakota.
  22. A town in Morgan County, West Virginia (the official name).
  23. A locality in Saint John parish, Barbados.
  24. A town and mineral spring in Saint Thomas parish, Jamaica; named for the city in England.
  25. An English marquisate.
  26. A surname.
  27. Uncommon form of Baath.
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He had bidden her adieu for two days, which were, so he stated, to be spent at Bath in visiting some friends.
Thomas HardyFar from the Madding CrowdProject Gutenberg ebook #27
Besides his sleeping-room and bath, there was a large room, formerly a painter’s studio, which he used as a study and office.
Willa CatherAlexander's BridgeProject Gutenberg ebook #94
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I make no apology for my silence, because I know how little people think of letters in such a place as Bath.
Jane AustenPersuasionProject Gutenberg ebook #105
It is sometimes the practice of inexperienced operators to take the plate off the bath and examine the impression by solar light.
S. D. (Samuel Dwight) HumphreyAmerican Hand Book of the DaguerreotypeProject Gutenberg ebook #167
Nag waved to and fro, and then Rikki-tikki heard him drinking from the biggest water-jar that was used to fill the bath.
Rudyard KiplingThe Jungle BookProject Gutenberg ebook #236