BATH

Definitions

1. 1. The act of exposing the body, or part of the body, for purposes of cleanliness, comfort, health, etc., to water, vapor, hot air, or the like; as, a cold or a hot bath; a medicated bath; a steam bath; a hip bath.
2. 2. Water or other liquid for bathing.
3. 3. A receptacle or place where persons may immerse or wash their bodies in water.
4. 4. A building containing an apartment or a series of apartments arranged for bathing. Among the ancients, the public baths were of amazing extent and magnificence. Gwilt.
5. 5. A medium, as heated sand, ashes, steam, hot air, through which heat is applied to a body.
6. 6. A solution in which plates or prints are immersed; also, the receptacle holding the solution.