(~s ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a container, usually a long rectangular one, which you fill with water and sit in while you wash your body. (BRIT; in AM, use ~tub )
In those days, only quite wealthy families had ~s of their own.
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2.
When you have or take a ~, or when you are in the ~, you sit or lie in a ~ filled with water in order to wash your body.
...if you have a ~ every morning...
Take a shower instead of a ~.
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3.
If you ~ someone, especially a child, you wash them in a ~. (BRIT)
Don’t feel you have to ~ your child every day.
= ~e
VERB: V n
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Bath is also a noun. (in AM, use ~e )
The midwife gave him a warm ~.
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4.
When you ~, you have a ~. (BRIT; in AM, use ~e )
The three children all ~ in the same ~ water.
= ~e
VERB: V prep/adv
5.
A ~ or a ~s is a public building containing a swimming pool, and sometimes other facilities that people can use to have a wash or a ~.
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6.
A ~ is a container filled with a particular liquid, such as a dye or an acid, in which particular objects are placed, usually as part of a manufacturing or chemical process.
...a developing photograph placed in a ~ of fixer.
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7.
see also blood~ , bubble ~ , swimming ~ , Turkish ~