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bird bath

bird bath is the alternative form of birdbath.

Meaning of birdbath

Noun

birdbath (plural birdbaths)

  1. A shallow basin, sometimes ornamental, filled with water for wild birds to drink from or in which to bathe.
  2. Random, inconsequential amounts of residual water on a roof membrane.
  3. (slang) A light or superficial wash of the body, using a sink or similar.
    • Hardly an hour had gone by, barely time to drink a cold sarsaparilla and take a birdbath in a bowl of water, but Kincaid had gotten into more trouble, Angie reflected.1987, Joyce Brandon, The Lady and the Lawman, →ISBN

Forms of bird bath

pluralbird baths

Questions about bird bath

What is bird bath the alternative form of?
Bird bath is the alternative form of birdbath.

Words near bird bath in the dictionary

  1. bird
  2. Bird and Baby
  3. bird app
  4. bird ball
  5. bird balls
  6. bird bath
  7. bird baths
  8. bird bird
  9. bird box
  10. bird boxes
  11. bird brain

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