Bath /(bȧth; 61)/

Bath

n.

pl. Baths ((bȧthz))

  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. (Chem.)
  6. A solution in which plates or prints are immersed; also, the receptacle holding the solution. (Photog.)

Phrases & Compounds
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.

Bath

n.
  1. 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.

Bath

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

Phrases & Compounds
Bath brick
a preparation of calcareous earth, in the form of a brick, used for cleaning knives, polished metal, etc.
Bath chair
a kind of chair on wheels, as used by invalids at Bath.
Bath metal
an alloy consisting of four and a half ounces of zinc and one pound of copper.
Bath note
a folded writing paper, 8 1/2 by 14 inches.
Bath stone
a species of limestone (oölite) found near Bath, used for building.