bathwater

noun

bath·​wa·​ter ˈbath-ˌwȯ-tər How to pronounce bathwater (audio)
ˈbäth-,
-ˌwä-tər
: water for a bath

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Dismissing recycling technologies like ours is the environmental equivalent of throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Tracy Yochum, Sacramento Bee, 29 Jan. 2025 Zoë Kravitz doesn’t want to throw the Rosemary’s Baby out with the bathwater. Bethy Squires, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2024 She was found fully submerged in bathwater by a maid cleaning a vacant room at the Mayflower Motel in Milford on the morning of Aug. 21. Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2025 As this season of Potomac progresses, however, the cast seems to be slipping further and further away from this boundary — and judging from this episode and future previews alone, the DMV ladies are getting dangerously close to throwing the proverbial baby out with Mia’s bathwater. Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for bathwater

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bathwater was in the 14th century

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“Bathwater.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bathwater. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.

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