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baths

/bɑːðz/US/bæθs/

baths is the plural of bath.

baths is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bath.

Meaning of bath

Noun

bath (plural baths)

  1. A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub.
  2. A building or area where bathing occurs.
    • Among the ancients, the public baths were of amazing extent and magnificence.1842, Joseph Gwilt, Encyclopaedia of Architecture
  3. The act of bathing; an instance of this; the taking of a bath.
  4. Specifically, bathing by immersing the body in water, rather than through other means, or an instance of this.
    • Do you prefer baths or showers?
  5. 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.
    • Radio-active baths are said to act favourably in a sexual direction. So too with arsenical springs, cold water treatment, and hydrotherapy.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 156
  6. The body of liquid one bathes in.

See all 36 meanings of bath

Noun

baths (plural baths)

  1. (UK) A building containing a public swimming pool or shower facilities; originally a place having individual cubicles where people without bathrooms could have a bath.
    • There is a baths on the other side of the road.

Forms of baths

pluralbaths

Words formed from baths

Phrases with baths

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Questions about baths

What does baths mean?
Baths means a building containing a public swimming pool or shower facilities; originally a place having individual cubicles where people without bathrooms could have a bath.
What is baths the plural of?
Baths is the plural of bath.
What part of speech is baths?
Baths is a noun.
How do you pronounce baths?
Baths is pronounced /bɑːðz/ (UK).
What is the plural of baths?
The plural of baths is baths.

Words near baths in the dictionary

  1. bathroomless
  2. bathroomlike
  3. bathrooms
  4. bathroomware
  5. bathroomy
  6. baths
  7. bathscape
  8. bathsful
  9. Bathsheba
  10. Bathshua
  11. bathstove

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