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Definition: BATHS |
BATHSPlural1. Of Bath |
Date "BATHS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Bible | Baths The use of the bath was very frequent among the Hebrews (Lev. 14:8; Num. 19:19, ect.). The high priest at his inauguration (Lev. 8:6), and on the day of atonement, was required to bathe himself (16:4, 24). The "pools" mentioned in Neh. 3:15, 16, 2 Kings 20:20, Isa. 22:11, John 9:7, were public bathing-places. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: BATHSSynonym: Bathing. (additional references) |
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Screenplays | Baths, but not with other people! (The English Patient; writing credit: Anthony Minghella) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Baths and Bedlam Beds (1917) Boys Free Public Baths (1901) Saturday at the Free Baths (1901) | |
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![]() | Entrance foyer, first floor, from south. Photograph by Jack E. Boucher, June 1984. (Reproduction Number: HABS, ARK,26-HOSP,1-D-17) Praised by its original owner as "the most practical, complete, and luxurious bathhouse in the world," the Fordyce Bathhouse in Hot Springs stands today as a reminder of the international health-spa craze of the first half of the twentieth century. People from all over the world flocked to the Fordyce and the other bathhouses on "Bathhouse Row" in Hot Springs in the hope that the many natural springs in the area would help cure their illnesses. Visitors at the Fordyce bought their bath tickets in this foyer before proceeding to the dressing rooms and then to the baths. Today, the Fordyce Bathhouse is the Visitor Center at Hot Springs National Park.Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | U. S. Army Hospital Number 30, Royat, France. : Bathroom and latrine, showing hot water heater and shower baths.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
![]() | U.S. American National Red Cross Hospital, Evian, France. : Shower baths for the repatriated boys from Germany and Belgium.Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | "At anchor off Beppu, Japan. Beppu is a health resort city famous for natural hot baths." (quoted from the original photo caption) The original print bears a stamped date of 12 February 1962.Credit: NAVY. |
![]() | Baths of Caracalla / Gilbert.Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Baths of Tarasp. Engadine.Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Sutro's Baths, San Francisco, Calif.Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Cascades above Diana's Baths, North Conway, White Mts., N.H.Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Mt. Kiarsarge [i.e. Mount Kearsarge] from Diana's Baths, North Conway, White Mountains.Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Municipal baths. Baltimore, Maryland.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Mary Baker Eddy | Is civilization only a higher form of idolatry, that man should bow down to a flesh-brush, to flannels, to baths, diet, exercise, and air? |
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Life, the Universe and Everything | Douglas Adams | In the end, it was the Sunday afternoons he couldn't cope with, and that terrible listlessness which starts to set in at about 2:55, when you know that you've had all the baths you can usefully have that day, that however hard you stare at any given paragraph in the papers you will never actually read it, or use the revolutionary new pruning technique it describes, and that as you stare at the clock the hands will move relentlessly on to four o'clock, and you will enter the long dark teatime of the soul. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | People whispered with affright horrible conjectures about the purple baths of the king. |
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Health | Do not take long, hot baths. (references) | |
Take showers instead of tub baths. (references) | ||
To help avoid dryness, take quick showers or sponge baths. (references) | ||
Business | The best prospects include reagents, research distillers, water baths, sterilizers, auto cloves, pH meters, hot plates, microscopes, balances, centrifuges among others. (references) | |
According to experts in the industry, some of the best prospects include reagents, research apparatus parts, water baths, auto cloves, pH meters, hot plates, sterilizers, microscopes, balances, and centrifuges. (references) | ||
Travel | Pakistan | Most houses and apartments are rented unfurnished and have three or more bedrooms with attached baths. (references) |
Women | Afghanistan | Amnesty International reported that the Taliban ordered the closure of women's public baths. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | INK, n. A villainous compound of tannogallate of iron, gum-arabic and water, chiefly used to facilitate the infection of idiocy and promote intellectual crime. The properties of ink are peculiar and contradictory: it may be used to make reputations and unmake them; to blacken them and to make them white; but it is most generally and acceptably employed as a mortar to bind together the stones of an edifice of fame, and as a whitewash to conceal afterward the rascal quality of the material. There are men called journalists who have established ink baths which some persons pay money to get into, others to get out of. Not infrequently it occurs that a person who has paid to get in pays twice as much to get out. |
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| "BATHS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 88.65% of the time. "BATHS" is used about 704 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 88.65% | 624 | 10,381 |
| Noun (proper) | 11.21% | 79 | 37,388 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 0.14% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 704 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "BATHS": Rockbridge Baths ♦ sludge from electrolytic baths ♦ swimming baths ♦ thermal baths. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "BATHS": bed-baths, blood-baths, bubble-baths, dye-baths, foot-baths, hip-baths, sand-baths, shower-baths, steam-baths, swimming-baths. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "BATHS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | أعماق (bottom, depth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 巴恩 (BATH). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | veřejné láznì. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | bundfald fra elektrolysebad (sludge from electrolytic baths), bade-etablissement (bathing-establishment, bathing-house, public baths), badeanstalt (bath, bathing-establishment, bathing-house, public baths), skumning af galvaniseringsbade (skimming of galvanisation baths), saltblanding fremstillet til medicinske bade (mixed salts prepared for medicinal baths), praeparat til skumbad (bubble bath, preparation for foam baths), passivering med anvendelse af kromatfrie bade (passivation through the use of baths without chromates), kurbadeanstalt (bathing-establishment, bathing-house, mineral springs company, public baths). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | badschuim (bubble bath, preparation for foam baths), badmeester (bath superintendant, baths superintendant), badinrichting (bath, bathing-establishment, bathing-house, public baths), stortbaden (pithead baths), slib van elektrolysebaden (sludge from electrolytic baths), preparaat voor schuimbad (bubble bath, preparation for foam baths), passivering in baden zonder chromaten (passivation through the use of baths without chromates), mengsel van geneeskrachtige badzouten (mixed salts prepared for medicinal baths), afschuimen van galvanisatiebaden (skimming of galvanisation baths), Adviesorgaan voor bad- en zweminrichtingen (Consultative Committee on public baths and swimming pools). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | banejgardisto (bath superintendant, baths superintendant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | استخرشنای سرپوشیده . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | bains (bath, bathing), thermes. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French Canadian | bains. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Badeanstalt (bathing-establishment, bathing-house, public baths, swimming baths). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | λουτρά. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | fürdőbe megy (to go to the baths). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | terme (hot springs, spa, thermae). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | "風呂 (baths for men), 湯治 (hot-spring cure, taking the baths), 海水浴 (seawater baths), ソーダ石灰 (saute, Seoul, soap, soarer, social worker, society, socket, socks, Socrates, soda lime, solar, solar system, sonata, sort, sortie, sorting, soul, sword, Turkish baths associated with prostitution). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | おと"ぶろ (baths for men), かいすいよくじょう (seawater baths), ソープランド (Turkish baths associated with prostitution), とうじ (at that time, chief brewer at a sake brewery, clay, formal reply, funeral address, governing, government, hot-spring cure, housekeeper, in those days, lady, libertine, matron, matter under concern, message of condolence, mistress, reign, rule, taking the baths, winter solstice, words of condolence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 목욕 (BATH). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | poyll faarkee (pool, public baths, swimming pool). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | athsbay banhos públicos. (various references) банщ� (baths superintendant), банщик (bath superintendant, baths superintendant). (various references) balneario (health, health resort, spa, thermal, watering place), piscina (basin, Lido, natatorium, piscina, plunge, pond, pool, swimming bath, swimming pool, swimming-bath, swimming-pool, swimming-pool bath), casa de baños (bathhouse, bathing-establishment, bathing-house, public baths). (various references) badhus (bathroom). (various references) สระว่ายน้ำ (คำเก่า). (various references) kaplıca (health resort, hot spring, hydro, spa, thermal springs, thermal water), hamam (bagnio, bath, bathhouse, Hammam, turkish bath), ılıca (health resort, hot spring, hydro, spa, thermal water). (various references) басейн (basin, drainage basin, pond, pool, reservoir, swimming pool). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Ezekiel Chapter 45, Verse 14 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai to prostagma tou elaiou kotulhn elaiou apo deka kotulwn oti ai deka kotulai eisin gomor |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Mensura quoque olei batus olei decima pars chori est et decem bati chorum faciunt quia decem bati implent chorum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And the mesure of oyle; bachus of oyle is the tenthe part of the mesure corus, and ten mesuris of bachus maken the mesure corus; for ten mesuris of bachus fulfillen the mesure corus. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is an homer of ten baths; for ten baths are an homer: |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is a homer of ten baths: for ten baths are a homer: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And the fixed measure of oil is to be a tenth of a bath from the cor, for ten baths make up the cor; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Ezekiel Chapter 45, Verse 14 |
| Bulgarian | А относно правилото за дървеното масло, от един ват масло принасяйте десетата част на ват от един кор, който е един хомер от десет вати; защото десет вати са един хомер. |
| Cebuano | Ug mahitungod sa linain nga bahin sa lana, gikan sa usa ka takus nga lana, ang ikanapulo nga bahin sa usa ka takus nga gikan sa coro, nga mao ang napulo ka takus, bisan usa ka homer (kay ang napulo ka takus usa man ka homer); |
| Chinese | 們 獻 所 分 定 的 油 、 按 油 的 罷 特 、 一 柯 珥 油 、 要 獻 罷 特 十 分 之 一 。 原 來 十 罷 特 就 是 一 賀 梅 珥 。 |
| Croatian | A za ulje ova je uredba: desetina bata od svakoga kora - deset bata jedan je kor. |
| Danish | Den fastsatte Ydelse af Olien: En Tiendedel Bat af hver Kor, ti Bat udgør jo en Kor; |
| Dutch | Aangaande de inzetting van olie, van een bath olie; gij zult offeren het tiende deel van een bath uit een kor, hetwelk is een homer van tien bath, want tien bath zijn een homer. |
| Finnish | öljyn määrä bat-mitasta öljyä: kymmenennes batia koor-mitasta - kymmenestä batista, hoomerista - sillä hoomer on kymmenen batia; |
| French | Ce que vous devrez pour l`huile, pour un bath d`huile, sera la dixième partie d`un bath sur un cor, qui est égal un homer de dix baths, car dix baths font un homer. |
| German | Und vom Öl sollt ihr geben je den zehnten Teil eines Bath vom Kor, welches zehn Bath oder ein Homer ist; denn zehn Bath machen einen Homer. |
| Haitian Creole | Pou lwil oliv la, n'a bay yon mezi pou chak san mezi lwil pye oliv yo bay. N'a mezire lwil la ak mezi bat la: dis bat pou yon omè, osinon pou yon kò. |
| Hungarian | És az olajból rendelt rész egy báth olajból: a báth tizede a kórból, tíz báthból, egy hómerbõl, mert tíz báth egy hómer. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | (45:13) |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka inilah perintah akan hal minyak, yaitu minyak yang dibawa berbat-bat; sepersepuluh sebat dari pada tiap-tiap kor, yang sama muatnya dengan sehomer, yaitu sepuluh bat, karena sepuluh bat jadi sehomer. |
| Italian | Norma per l'olio - che si misura con il bat - è un decimo del bat per ogni kor. Dieci bat corrispondono ad un comer, perché dieci bat formano un comer. |
| Korean | 기 름 은 한 규 례 대 로 한 르 에 서 밧 십 분 지 일 을 " 릴 지 니 기 름 의 밧 으 로 말 하 면 한 르 " 십 밧 곧 한 호 멜 이 며 ( 십 밧 은 한 호 멜 이 라 ) |
| Maori | Na, ko te tikanga mo te hinu, mo te pati hinu, hei te whakatekau o te pati i roto i te koro, he homa nei tana, ara tekau nga pati; kotahi tekau hoki nga pati o te homa: |
| Modern Greek | ερι δε του διαταγματος του ελαιου, ενος βαθ ελαιου, θελετε προσφερει το δεκατον του βαθ δια εν κορ, το οποιον ειναι εν χομορ εκ δεκα βαθ· διοτι δεκα βαθ ειναι εν χομορ. |
| Norwegian | Og den fastsatte avgift av olje, av en bat olje, er en tiendedel bat av en kor* - det går ti bat på en homer; for en homer er ti bat - # <* en kor er så stor som en homer.> |
| Portuguese | quanto porção fixa do azeite, de cada bato de azeite oferecereis a décima parte do bato tirado dum coro, que é dez batos, a saber, um hômer; pois dez batos fazem um hômer; |
| Rumanian | Pentru untdelemn, la un bat de untdelemn, veyi datora a zecea parte dintr`un bat la un cor, care este tot una cu un omer de zece bayi, cqci zece bayi fac un omer. |
| Spanish | "Lo prescrito con respecto al aceite es que ofrezcáis la décima parte de un bato de aceite por cada coro. Un homer equivale a 10 batos (pues diez batos son un homer). |
| Swedish | vidare den stadgade gärden av olja, räknat efter bat av olja: en tiondedels bat av var kor (som är ett mått på tio bat och lika med en homer, ty tio bat utgöra en homer); |
| Thai | และส่วนกำหน"ประจำของน้ำมัน คือน้ำมันหนึ่งบัท น้ำมันโคระหนึ่งถวายหนึ่งในสิบของบัท โคระก็เหมือนโฮเมอร์จุสิบบัท เพราะสิบบัทเท่ากับโฮเมอร์ |
| Ukrainian | А постанова про оливу з бата оливи: десята частина бата з кору, десять батів хомер, бо десять батів хомер. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "BATHS": birdbaths, bloodbaths, eurybaths, footbaths, isobaths, sabbaths, sunbaths. (additional references) | |
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"BATHS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: baath, bachs, bahhs, bahs, bahta, bahts, baith, Baitha, Bakht, Balthis, Bamhl, ba'th, bathest, Batho, bathr, bathu, batts, batus, beths, bhats, bitchs, bithc, blath, botehs, budths, Buthus, Caths, Nbthis, raths. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "BATHS" (pronounced ba"ths) |
| 3 | -a" th s | paths. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: bahts. | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-h-s-t" | |
-1 letter: baht, bash, bast, bath, bats, hast, hats, shat, stab, tabs. | |
-2 letters: abs, ash, bah, bas, bat, has, hat, sab, sat, sha, tab, tas. | |
-3 letters: ab, ah, as, at, ba, ha, sh, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-h-s-t" | |
+1 letter: bathes, bathos, habits. | |
+2 letters: absinth, batches, batfish, bathers, berthas, bhaktas, bhaktis, breaths, bypaths, habitus, hagbuts, isobath, sabbath, sunbath, tarbush, washtub. | |
+3 letters: absinthe, absinths, adhibits, barghest, batchers, bathless, bathmats, bathoses, bathtubs, bethanks, bethesda, blathers, brachets, brashest, brattish, breadths, breathes, bushgoat, cohabits, habitans, habitats, habitues, hackbuts, halberts, halibuts, hatbands, hatboxes, hautbois, hautboys, inhabits, isobaths, mastabah, sabbaths, saltbush, showboat, stablish, subshaft, sunbathe, sunbaths, tarboosh, washtubs. | |
+4 letters: abashment, absinthes, alphabets, autobahns, bacchants, backchats, badmouths, baratheas, barghests, batfishes, bathhouse, bathrobes, bathrooms, beachiest, bequeaths, bethesdas, biathlons, birdbaths, birthdays, boathooks, boathouse, boltheads, brashiest, breathers, bushgoats, cohobates, deathbeds, establish, eurybaths, flashtube, footbaths, habitants, habitudes, hardboots, hebetates, hecatombs, herbalist, hoofbeats, houseboat, hypoblast, johnboats, mastabahs, mothballs, shabbiest, shiftable, showboats, sublethal, subshafts, sunbathed, sunbather, sunbathes, tarbushes, thebaines, tribrachs. | |
+5 letters: abashments, aitchbones, ambushment, bacchantes, backcloths, backlights, backstitch, bandwidths, banishment, bathhouses, batholiths, bathwaters, bathyscaph, battleship, betrothals, biathletes, birthdates, birthmarks, birthrates, blacksmith, blatherers, bloodbaths, boathouses, brachiates, branchiest, branchlets, breathiest, breathings, breathless, broadsheet, buckwheats, bushmaster, deathblows, dithyrambs, eightballs, flashtubes, habituates, handbasket, hartebeest, hatchbacks, heartbeats, heartburns, herbalists, hereabouts, hibernates, hospitable, hospitably, houseboats, hypoblasts, inbreathes, inhabiters, labyrinths, matchbooks, matchboxes, notchbacks, paintbrush, reinhabits, saltbushes, sheathbill, shortbread, showboated, stablished, stablishes, subchapter, subtrahend, sunbathers, sunbathing, switchable, switchback, tabboulehs, tarbooshes, thornbacks, throwbacks, thumbnails, thumbtacks, touchbacks, turboshaft, watchables, watchbands, whaleboats, whitebaits. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 41 54 48 53 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .- - .... ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01000001 01010100 01001000 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B A T H S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0041 0054 0048 0053 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3635544253 |
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