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# bath

«bath» in Mova's school dictionary: **A long container you fill with water and sit in to wash…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a bath, baths); verb (bath, baths, bathed, bathing — UK: to wash in a bath)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A long container you fill with water and sit in to wash your body (UK; US says bathtub or tub). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bath/#m1)

2) The act of washing your body in it: have a bath (UK), take a bath (US). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bath/#m2)

3) The water in the bath: run a bath. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bath/#m3)

4) Verb (UK): to wash a baby or child in a bath. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bath/#m4)

5) Baths can also mean a public building with pools where people go to bathe, like the Roman baths. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bath/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In hygiene lessons: baths and showers keep skin clean and remove germs and sweat. In safety: never leave a baby or toddler alone in a bath, even for a moment — they can drown in a few centimetres of water; check the water is not too hot with your elbow; electricity and water don't mix. Phrases: have/take a bath, run a bath, bath time, bubble bath, bathroom, bird bath.

### examples

- I have a bath every evening. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bath/#x1)
- Dad is running a bath for my little sister. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bath/#x2)
- Bath time is at seven. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bath/#x3)
- Never leave a baby alone in the bath. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bath/#x4)
- Test the bath water with your elbow so it's not too hot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bath/#x5)
- We put bubble bath in the water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bath/#x6)
- The birds splash in the bird bath. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bath/#x7)
- Don't use a hairdryer near the bath. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bath/#x8)
- These baths are the first in the world! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bath/#x9)

### note

Countable: baths. «Bath» (noun, said «bahth» UK / «bath» US) vs «bathe» (verb, said with the long a, rhymes with «save»): bathe = wash or swim (UK: «bathe in the sea»). UK: «have a bath»; US: «take a bath». «Bathroom» in the US often means a toilet room.

### In the corpora

- [A bath bomb holds a dry acid and baking soda that react only when water lets them meet, making carbon dioxide bubbles.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/6-mixing-and-dissolving/14/)
- ["Bathroom" in American English means a toilet, even one with no bath in it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/6-toilet-words/6/)
- [Wet bathroom floors are slippery, so you step out of the bath or shower carefully onto a bath mat.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/76-washing-your-body-and-hair/7/)
- [Never use mains electrical things near a full bath or sink, because a device falling in can electrocute the person in the water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity/11/)
- [Run cold water first, then add hot, and test the bath with your elbow before getting in.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/109-baths-water-and-doors/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bath» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bath/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.