bath water

Thân thiện

A child tests the bath water with their toes.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Water used for a bath: This refers to the water that fills a bathtub or is otherwise used for the purpose of bathing.

Usage

• The term "bath water" specifically denotes the water itself, considered as a substance or medium for bathing. It is typically used in contexts discussing the act of bathing, its preparation, or its aftermath.

Examples

• Noun:
  • She tested the temperature of the bath water before letting the child get in.
  • After the bath, he drained the bath water from the tub.
  • The bath water had turned cold by the time he finished his book.

Advanced Usage

• "to throw the baby out with the bath water": This is a common idiom meaning to discard something valuable along with something undesirable when getting rid of the latter.
  • In reforming the policy, we must be careful not to throw the baby out with the bath water.

Variants and Related Words

• Bath (n): The act of soaking and washing the body in a tub of water or the tub itself.
• Bathe (v): To wash oneself or someone else in a bath.
• Bathwater (n): A common closed compound form of "bath water".

Synonyms

• Bathing water: A less common, more formal synonym.

Related Idioms

• "to throw the baby out with the bath water": As explained in Advanced Usage, this is the primary idiom associated with the term.

Học thuật

Noun

1. water used for a bath