bath
A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub.
Noun 4 meanings
A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub.
A building or area where bathing occurs.
The act of bathing; an instance of this; the taking of a bath.
Specifically, bathing by immersing the body in water, rather than through other means, or an instance of this.
“Do you prefer baths or showers?”
Verb 2 meanings
To wash a person or animal in a bath.
To bathe (oneself); to have a bath.
Etymology
From Middle English bath, baþ, from Old English bæþ (“bath”), from Proto-West Germanic *baþ, from Proto-Germanic *baþą (“bath”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁- (“to warm”). Corresponding inherited verbs are beath and bathe.
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BATH at a glance
BATH has 4 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (B 3 + A 1 + T 1 + H 4) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,286 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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