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Definition of Bath

1. Noun. A vessel containing liquid in which something is immersed (as to process it or to maintain it at a constant temperature or to lubricate it). "She soaked the etching in an acid bath"

2. Verb. Clean one's body by immersion into water. "The child should bathe every day"

3. Noun. You soak and wash your body in a bathtub. "He has a good bath every morning"

4. Noun. A relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body.

5. Noun. An ancient Hebrew liquid measure equal to about 10 gallons.

6. Noun. A town in southwestern England on the River Avon; famous for its hot springs and Roman remains.

7. Noun. A room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet.

Definition of Bath

1. n. 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. n. 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.

3. n. A city in the west of England, resorted to for its hot springs, which has given its name to various objects.

Definition of Bath

1. a washing [n -S] - See also: washing

Medical Definition of Bath

1. Origin: AS. Bae; akin to OS. & Icel. Ba, Sw, Dan, D, & G. Bad, and perh. To G. 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." (Gwilt) 5. A medium, as heated sand, ashes, steam, hot air, through which heat is applied to a body. 6. 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. Douche bath. See Douche. Order of the Bath, a high order of British knighthood, composed of three classes, viz, 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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