noun
bathwater
BAHTH-waw-tuh
noun
1
The water that has been used to fill a bath for washing.
"Don't throw the bathwater out until you've checked the baby is out."
How to Use Bathwater
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe water sitting in (or drained from) a bathtub.
Memory tip
Mostly seen today in the idiom "throw the baby out with the bathwater" — meaning to lose something valuable while getting rid of something unwanted.
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Common pairings
throw out the baby with the bathwater
Word Forms
bathwaters plural
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Etymology
From bath + water.