Bata and Bath

noun

• A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
• A thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir.
  • synonyms: baton, wand
• A short stout club used primarily by policemen.
  • synonyms: truncheon, nightstick, baton, billy, billystick, billy club
• A short staff carried by some officials to symbolize an office or an authority.
  • synonyms: baton
• A hollow metal rod that is wielded or twirled by a drum major or drum majorette.
  • synonyms: baton
• A hollow cylinder passed from runner to runner in a relay race.
  • synonyms: baton

noun

• A vessel containing liquid in which something is immersed (as to process it or to maintain it at a constant temperature or to lubricate it. )
  • usage: "she soaked the etching in an acid bath"
• You soak and wash your body in a bathtub.
  • usage: "he has a good bath every morning"
• A relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body.
  • synonyms: bathtub, bathing tub, tub
• An ancient Hebrew liquid measure equal to about 10 gallons.
• A town in southwestern England on the River Avon; famous for its hot springs and Roman remains.
• A room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet.
  • synonyms: bathroom

verb

• Clean one's body by immersion into water.
  • usage: "The child should bathe every day"
  • synonyms: bathe

• (n.) A Hebrew measure containing the tenth of a homer or five gallons and three pints, as a measure for liquids; and two pecks and five quarts, as a dry measure.
• (n.) A receptacle or place where persons may immerse or wash their bodies in water.
• (n.) The act of exposing the body or part of the body, for purposes of cleanliness, comfort, health, etc., to water, vapor, hot air or the like; as, a cold or a hot bath; a medicated bath; a steam bath; a hip bath.
• (n.) A building containing an apartment or a series of apartments arranged for bathing.
• (n.) A medium, as heated sand, ashes, steam, hot air, through which heat is applied to a body.
• (n.) A solution in which plates or prints are immersed; also, the receptacle holding the solution.
• (n.) A city in the west of England, resorted to for its hot springs, which has given its name to various objects.
• (n.) Water or other liquid for bathing.