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 →

2) The act of washing your body in it: have a bath (UK), take a bath (US). tree →

3) The water in the bath: run a bath. tree →

4) Verb (UK): to wash a baby or child in a bath. tree →

5) Baths can also mean a public building with pools where people go to bathe, like the Roman baths. tree →

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 →
• Dad is running a bath for my little sister. tree →
• Bath time is at seven. tree →
• Never leave a baby alone in the bath. tree →
• Test the bath water with your elbow so it's not too hot. tree →
• We put bubble bath in the water. tree →
• The birds splash in the bird bath. tree →
• Don't use a hairdryer near the bath. tree →
• These baths are the first in the world! tree →

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.
• "Bathroom" in American English means a toilet, even one with no bath in it.
• Wet bathroom floors are slippery, so you step out of the bath or shower carefully onto a bath mat.
• Never use mains electrical things near a full bath or sink, because a device falling in can electrocute the person in the water.
• Run cold water first, then add hot, and test the bath with your elbow before getting in.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bath» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.