BATH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bath mean? 

• BATH (noun)
  The noun BATH has 4 senses:

1. a vessel containing liquid in which something is immersed (as to process it or to maintain it at a constant temperature or to lubricate it)

2. a soaking and washing in a bathtub

3. an ancient Hebrew liquid measure equal to about 10 gallons

4. a town in southwestern England on the River Avon; famous for its hot springs and Roman remains

  Familiarity information: BATH used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BATH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A vessel containing liquid in which something is immersed (as to process it or to maintain it at a constant temperature or to lubricate it)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

she soaked the etching in an acid bath

Hypernyms ("bath" is a kind of...):

vessel (an object used as a container (especially for liquids))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A soaking and washing in a bathtub

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

he has a good bath every morning

Hypernyms ("bath" is a kind of...):

bathing; washup (the act of washing yourself (or another person))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bath"):

bubble bath (a bath in which you add something to foam and scent the bath water)

mikvah ((Hebrew) a ritual purification and cleansing bath that Orthodox Jews take on certain occasions (as before Sabbath or after menstruation))

mud bath (a bath in warm mud (as for treating rheumatism))

Sense 3

Meaning:

An ancient Hebrew liquid measure equal to about 10 gallons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("bath" is a kind of...):

liquid measure; liquid unit (a unit of capacity for liquids (for measuring the volumes of liquids or their containers))

Holonyms ("bath" is a part of...):

homer; kor (an ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A town in southwestern England on the River Avon; famous for its hot springs and Roman remains

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

Holonyms ("Bath" is a part of...):

England (a division of the United Kingdom)

 Context examples 

“I am very happy to see you again, sir, indeed; I was afraid you had left Bath.”

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Well, when once his case has been settled, he will have a regular prison bath; and I think, if you saw him, you would agree with me that he needed it.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There had been three alternatives, London, Bath, or another house in the country.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Let us take bath, and dress, and have breakfast which we all need, and which we can eat comfortably since he be not in the same land with us.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Mortimer, the gardener, who wheels the Bath chair, is an army pensioner—an old Crimean man of excellent character.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But Saturday afternoon, after work was finished and he had taken a bath, the desire to forget overpowered him.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

But the child was so proud of her pretty shoes that she never took them off except at night and when she took her bath.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

The baths at Nassau were very gay, so was Baden-Baden, where Fred lost some money, and I scolded him.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

“Janet,” said my aunt, turning round with a quiet triumph, which I did not then understand, “Mr. Dick sets us all right. Heat the bath!”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

But, for all that, the Turkish bath has served a purpose.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)