word-vault/dist/data/cards/ba/bath.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "bath",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "image": "data/images/ba/bathroom.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a large, long container that you put water in and then get into to wash your whole body",
            "labels": "(British English)informalNorth American English, British English",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'm in the bath!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "bath taps"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a bath with shower attachment"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Houses and homes"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["free-standing", "sunken", "cast-iron"],
                "verb + bath/​bathtub": ["fill", "lie in", "soak in"],
                "bath/​bathtub + noun": ["faucet", "tap"],
                "preposition": ["in the bath"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "an act of washing your whole body by sitting or lying in water",
            "labels": "(British English)(especially North American English)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I think I'll **have a bath** and go to bed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **take a bath**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She took the baby upstairs to give him a bath."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's the children's bath time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "When she got home she decided she needed a bath."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["hot", "warm", "cold"],
                "verb + bath": ["draw", "prepare", "run"],
                "bath + noun": ["mat", "towel", "oil"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the water in a bath ready to use",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a long soak in a hot bath"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Please **run a bath** for me *(= fill the bath with water)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I lay soaking in a hot bubble bath."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["hot", "warm", "cold"],
                "verb + bath": ["draw", "prepare", "run"],
                "bath + noun": ["mat", "towel", "oil"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a public building where you can go to swim",
            "labels": "(British English, old-fashioned)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "My father took me to the baths every Sunday."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a public place where people went in the past to wash or have a bath",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Roman villas and baths"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["History"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "a container with a liquid such as water or a dye in it, in which something is washed or placed for a period of time. Baths are used in industrial, chemical and medical processes.",
            "labels": "(specialist)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to lose money on a business agreement",
            "labels": "(North American English)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bɑːθ/",
                "audio": "ba/bath/bath__gb_5.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bɑːðz/",
                "audio": "ba/bath/baths__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bæθ/",
                "audio": "ba/bath/bath__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bæðz/",
                "audio": "ba/bath/baths__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English bæth, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bad and German Bad."
}