bathwater

noun

bath·​wa·​ter ˈbath-ˌwȯ-tər 

ˈbäth-, 

-ˌwä-tər

: water for a bath

see also:

throw out the baby with the bathwater

Examples of bathwater in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

According to court documents, Cantrell admitted to leaving her newborn daughter face down in bathwater for about 30 minutes. — Erin Jones, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

But as debate heats up about what the next administration’s foreign policy should look like, Democrats and Republicans alike must be careful not to throw the baby out with the bathwater. — Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2026

The sense was that the people who were rejecting the Keynesian model were throwing out the baby with the bathwater. — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 13 Oct. 2026

Drop one into your bathwater, and suddenly your tub is a swirling, fragrant spectacle. — Marci Robin, Allure, 19 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing bathwater

• throw out the baby with the bathwater

Rhymes for bathwater

• backwater
• blackwater
• breakwater
• deepwater
• edgewater
• feedwater
• floodwater
• freshwater
• granddaughter
• groundwater
• headwater
• manslaughter