a washing or immersion of something, esp. the body, in water, steam, etc., as for cleansing or medical treatment

I take a bath every day. Give the dog a bath.

a quantity of water or other liquid used for this purpose

running a bath.

a container for water or other cleansing liquid, as a bathtub.

a room equipped for bathing; bathroom

The house has two baths.

a building containing rooms or apartments with equipment for bathing; bathhouse.

Often, baths. one of the elaborate bathing establishments of the ancients

the baths of Caracalla.

Usually, baths. a town or resort visited for medical treatment by bathing or the like; spa.

a preparation, as an acid solution, in which something is immersed.

the container for such a preparation.

a device for controlling the temperature of something by the use of a surrounding medium, as sand, water, oil, etc.

Metallurgy .

the depressed hearth of a steelmaking furnace.

the molten metal being made into steel in a steelmaking furnace.

the state of being covered by a liquid, as perspiration

in a bath of sweat.

to wash or soak in a bath. ?

take a bath

Informal . to suffer a large financial loss

Many investors are taking a bath on their bond investments.

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