a place having baths or a swimming pool for public use
The town has a Roman amphitheatre and baths.
Roman baths
Examples of 'baths' in a sentence
baths
Dirty clothes went to the neighbourhood laundry, and people went to the neighbourhood baths.
Tepper, Sheri S. A PLAGUE OF ANGELS
When Purple women went to the baths, Purples went along to guard them.
Tepper, Sheri S. A PLAGUE OF ANGELS
Sybbis, with her undulating form drifting out the door on the way to the baths.
Tepper, Sheri S. A PLAGUE OF ANGELS
In other languages
baths
British English: baths /bɑːθz/ NOUN
A baths is a public building containing a swimming pool, and sometimes other facilities that people can use to have a wash or a bath.
American English: public swimming pool
Arabic: حَمَامَات
Brazilian Portuguese: casa de banhos
Chinese: 室内公共游泳池
Croatian: kupelj
Czech: lázně
Danish: bade
Dutch: zwembad
European Spanish: baños
Finnish: kylpylä
French: bains
German: Bäder
Greek: λουτρά
Italian: terme
Japanese: 公衆浴場
Korean: 수영장
Norwegian: offentlig bad
Polish: łazienki
European Portuguese: piscina pública
Romanian: baie publică
Russian: баня
Latin American Spanish: baños
Swedish: bad (n)
Thai: สระว่ายน้ำ
Turkish: hamam
Ukrainian: лазня
Vietnamese: bể bơi công cộng
All related terms of 'baths'
bath
A bath is a container, usually a long rectangular one, which you fill with water and sit in while you wash your body.
footbath
the act or an instance of washing the feet
sunbath
the exposure of the body to the rays of the sun or a sun lamp , esp in order to get a suntan
thermal baths
baths using water from hot springs
swimming baths
an indoor swimming pool
baby bath
a plastic bath used for bathing a baby
bird bath
a small basin or trough for birds to bathe in, usually in a garden
dust bath
the action of a bird of driving dust into its feathers , which may dislodge parasites
eye bath
eyecup
foam bath
→ another name for bubble bath
hip bath
a portable bath in which the bather sits
salt bath
a bath of molten salts in which steel can be immersed to soak to a uniform and accurately maintained temperature as part of the process of heat treatment. Different salts are used for different temperatures
sitz bath
bath in which the buttocks and hips are immersed in hot water
spa bath
a system of underwater jets that keep the water in a bath or pool constantly agitated
stop bath
a weakly acidic solution used in photographic processing to stop the action of a developer on a film, plate , or paper before the material is immersed in fixer
bloodbath
If you describe an event as a bloodbath , you are emphasizing that a lot of people were killed very violently.
steam bath
a room or enclosure that can be filled with steam in which people bathe to induce sweating and refresh or cleanse themselves
water-bath
a vessel containing heated water, used for heating substances
bedbath
an all-over wash given to a person confined to bed
blanket bath
an all-over wash given to a person confined to bed
bubble bath
Bubble bath is a liquid that smells nice and makes a lot of bubbles when you add it to your bath water.
fixing bath
a solution containing one or more chemical compounds that is used, in fixing , to dissolve unexposed silver halides . It sometimes has an additive to stop the action of developer
mustard bath
a supposed cure for aches , tired muscles, colds and fevers, consisting of bathing in hot water infused with mustard seeds
plunge bath
a bath large enough to immerse the whole body or to dive into
plunge pool
a pool or bath large enough to immerse the whole body or to dive into
shower bath
a brief period of rain , hail , sleet , or snow
slipper bath
a bath in the shape of a slipper , with a covered end
sponge bath
a washing of the body with a wet sponge or cloth, but without immersion in water
sulphur bath
a curative bath in which the water used has sulphates dissolved in it, esp one in which the water comes from a natural hot spring
Turkish bath
A Turkish bath is a type of bath in which you sit in a very hot steamy room , then wash, have a massage, and finally swim or shower in very cold water.
vapour bath
the act of bathing in vapour , formerly believed to have medicinal benefits
developing bath
an amount of photographic developer into which photographic film or paper is inserted
swimming bath
A swimming baths or swimming bath is a building that contains an indoor public swimming pool. The plural swimming baths can be used to refer to one or more than one of these places.
whirlpool bath
a bath having a device for maintaining the water in a swirling motion
shower
A shower is a device for washing yourself. It consists of a pipe which ends in a flat cover with a lot of holes in it so that water comes out in a spray.
whirlpool
A whirlpool is a small area in a river or the sea where the water is moving quickly round and round, so that objects floating near it are pulled into its centre.