bath vs bath sponge

bath

noun
  • The body of liquid one bathes in. 

  • A substance or preparation in which something is immersed. 

  • A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub. 

  • The act of bathing. 

  • A former Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about 23 L or 6 gallons). 

  • A building or area where bathing occurs. 

verb
  • To wash a person or animal in a bath. 

  • To bathe (oneself); to have a bath. 

bath sponge

noun
  • A sponge, made from any material, that is used for cleaning the body while bathing. 

  • A commercially used species of sponge (porifer, invertebrate of the phylum Porifera) found throughout the Mediterranean Sea, Spongia officinalis. 

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