Bathroom fixtures and fittings

a large open container that you fill with water and use for washing yourself, washing dishes etc ⇨ basin:
Dirty plates were piled high in the sink.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

noun
1. a large open container in a kitchen that has taps/faucets to supply water and that you use for washing dishes in
• Don't just leave your dirty plates in the sink!
• I felt chained to the kitchen sink (= I had to spend all my time doing jobs in the house).

2. (especially NAmE) = washbasin
see everything but the kitchen sink at kitchen
Word Origin:
v. Old English sincan Germanic Dutch zinken German sinken
n. Middle English sink

Example Bank:
• Don't pour tea leaves down the kitchen sink— it'll get blocked.
• I bought a sink plunger to clear the blocked kitchen sink.
• Put the dishes in the sink.
• She filled the sink with hot water.
• She was at the sink, washing the dishes.
• She was at the sink, washing up the dinner things.
• The kitchen had a double sink.
• You can install a new sink in the kitchen.

• the sink counter in the bathroom

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

sink / sɪŋk / noun [ C ]

A2 a bowl that is fixed to the wall in a kitchen or bathroom in which you wash dishes or your hands, etc.:

a bathroom/kitchen sink

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

sink

/sɪŋk/
(sinks, sinking, sank, sunk)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.
A sink is a large fixed container in a kitchen, with taps to supply water. It is mainly used for washing dishes.
The sink was full of dirty dishes.
...the kitchen sink.
N-COUNT

2.
A sink is the same as a washbasin or basin.
The bathroom is furnished with 2 toilets, 2 showers, and 2 sinks.
N-COUNT

3.
If a boat sinks or if someone or something sinks it, it disappears below the surface of a mass of water.
In a naval battle your aim is to sink the enemy’s ship...
The boat was beginning to sink fast...
The lifeboat crashed against the side of the sinking ship.
VERB: V n, V, V-ing
• sink‧ing (sinkings)
...the sinking of the Titanic.
N-COUNT

4.
If something sinks, it disappears below the surface of a mass of water.
A fresh egg will sink and an old egg will float.
≠ float
VERB: V

5.
If something sinks, it moves slowly downwards.
Far off to the west the sun was sinking...
VERB: V

6.
If something sinks to a lower level or standard, it falls to that level or standard.
Share prices would have sunk–hurting small and big investors...
Pay increases have sunk to around seven per cent...
The pound had sunk 10 per cent against the Schilling.
= fall
VERB: V, V to/from/by amount/n, V amount

7.
People use sink school or sink estate to refer to a school or housing estate that is in a very poor area with few resources. (BRIT JOURNALISM)
...unemployed teenagers from sink estates...
ADJ: ADJ n

8.
If your heart or your spirits sink, you become depressed or lose hope.
My heart sank because I thought he was going to dump me for another girl...
VERB: V

9.
If something sharp sinks or is sunk into something solid, it goes deeply into it.
I sank my teeth into a peppermint cream...
The spade sank into a clump of overgrown bushes.
VERB: V n into n, V into n

10.
If someone sinks a well, mine, or other large hole, they make a deep hole in the ground, usually by digging or drilling.
...the site where Stephenson sank his first mineshaft...
VERB: V n

11.
If you sink money into a business or project, you spend money on it in the hope of making more money.
He has already sunk $25million into the project.
= plough
VERB: V n into n

12.
see also sinking, sunk

13.
If you say that someone will have to sink or swim, you mean that they will have to succeed through their own efforts, or fail.
The government doesn’t want to force inefficient firms to sink or swim too quickly...
to sink without trace: see trace
PHRASE

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary:

sink

²sink noun, pl sinks [count] : a wide bowl that has a faucet for water and a drain at the bottom and is usually positioned in a counter or on a pedestal
• a kitchen sink
• (chiefly US) a bathroom sink [=(chiefly Brit) washbasin]
- see pictures at bathroom, kitchen

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bath

bath [noun]

US

/bæθ/

UK

/bɑːθ/

Example:

she ran the bath

UK ( US bathtub ) a long plastic, metal, or ceramic container that is filled with water so that a person can sit or lie in it to wash their whole body

Persian equivalent:

Click here.

Example:

she ran the bath

Theme, CEFR level & Tags

Theme:

Bathroom fixtures and fittings

Level:

A1 (Basic)

Region:

British English

Oxford Essential Dictionary

bath

noun (plural baths )

1 (British) (American bathtub) a large container that you fill with water and sit in to wash your body

2 washing your body in a bath:
I had a bath this morning.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

bath

I. bath¹ S2 W3 /bɑːθ $ bæθ/ BrE AmE noun (plural baths /bɑːðz, bɑːθs $ bæðz, bæθs/) [countable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: bæth]
1. if you take a bath, you wash your body in a bath:
After a week of camping, I really needed a bath.
have a bath British English take a bath American English:
I’ll have a bath and go to bed.
How often do you take a bath?
I’ll give the children their bath (=wash them in a bath).
2. British English a large long container that you fill with water and sit or lie in to wash yourself SYN bathtub American English
3. water that you sit or lie in to wash yourself:
a hot bath
She ran a bath (=put water into a bath).
4. a bathroom, used especially in advertising:
All our luxury bedrooms have a private bath.
5. a container full of liquid in which something is placed for a particular purpose
bath of
Plunge the fabric into a bath of black dye.
6. baths [plural]
a) British English old-fashioned a public building in which there is a swimming pool
b) a public building where people could go in the past to wash themselves:
the Roman baths at Cirencester
7. take a bath American English informal to lose money, especially in a business deal:
We took a bath in the market over that stock.
⇨ ↑birdbath, ↑bubble bath, ⇨ throw the baby out with the bath water at ↑throw¹(37)
• • •
COLLOCATIONS
■ verbs
▪ have a bath especially British English, take a bath especially American English She usually has a bath in the evening.
▪ give somebody a bath He's upstairs giving the baby a bath.
▪ get in/into/out of the bath I had to get out of the bath to answer the phone.
■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + bath
▪ a quick bath It's easier to take a shower than a quick bath.
▪ a long bath A long hot bath is a great way of relaxing.
▪ a hot/warm/cool bath Why don't you have a nice warm bath?
▪ a bubble bath (=with nice-smelling bubbles in it) She likes to destress by taking a bubble bath.
■ bath + NOUN
▪ bath time (=the time when someone, usually a child, has a bath) Come on, Lucy, it's bath time.
▪ bath taps British English The water coming out of the bath taps was freezing cold.
▪ a bath towel She handed him a soft white bath towel.
▪ a bath mat (=small rug on the floor by the bath) The bath mat was soaking wet.
▪ bath water The bath water is getting cold.
▪ bath salts/crystals (=a substance that you put in a bath to make it smell nice) She bought me some lavender bath salts.
▪ bath toy (=for a child to play with in the bath) Bath toys are great for babies who've just learned to sit.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bath

bath [bath baths bathed bathing] noun, verb [bɑːθ] [bæθ]

noun (pl. baths [bɑːðz] ; [bæðz] )

1. countable (BrE) (also bathtub, informal tub NAmE, BrE) a large, long container that you put water in and then get into to wash your whole body

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

bath / bɑːθ / / bæθ / noun

bath

A1 [ C ] UK ( US bathtub ) a long plastic, metal, or ceramic container that is filled with water so that a person can sit or lie in it to wash their whole body A1 [ C usually singular ] the activity of washing yourself or someone else in a bath:

mainly UK Susannah has a long hot bath every evening.

mainly US I took a bath this morning.

bath oil

run a bath UK ( US fill the tub ) to fill a bath with water for washing:

I'll run you a bath while you take off those wet clothes.

[ C ] US used to refer to a bathroom when describing a home:

a four-bedroom two-bath house

[ C ] UK a health treatment:

mud/thermal baths

[ C ] UK any container holding liquid:

a bird bath

baths [ C , + sing/pl verb ] ( plural baths )

UK old-fashioned → swimming baths a public place where people went in the past to have a hot bath

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

bath

/bɑ:θ, bæθ/
When the form 'baths' is the plural of the noun it is pronounced /bɑ:ðz/ or /bæθs/ in British English, and /bæðz/ in American English. When it is used in the present tense of the verb, it is pronounced /bɑ:θs/ or /bæθs/.
(baths bathing, bathed)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.
A bath is a container, usually a long rectangular one, which you fill with water and sit in while you wash your body. (BRIT; in AM, use bathtub)
In those days, only quite wealthy families had baths of their own.
N-COUNT

2.
When you have or take a bath, or when you are in the bath, you sit or lie in a bath filled with water in order to wash your body.
...if you have a bath every morning...
Take a shower instead of a bath.
N-COUNT

3.
If you bath someone, especially a child, you wash them in a bath. (BRIT)
Don’t feel you have to bath your child every day.
= bathe
VERB: V n
•
Bath is also a noun. (in AM, use bathe)
The midwife gave him a warm bath.
N-COUNT

4.
When you bath, you have a bath. (BRIT; in AM, use bathe)
The three children all bath in the same bath water.
= bathe
VERB: V prep/adv

5.
A bath or a baths is a public building containing a swimming pool, and sometimes other facilities that people can use to have a wash or a bath.
N-COUNT

6.
A bath is a container filled with a particular liquid, such as a dye or an acid, in which particular objects are placed, usually as part of a manufacturing or chemical process.
...a developing photograph placed in a bath of fixer.
N-COUNT: usu with supp

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary:

¹bath /ˈbæɵ, Brit ˈbɑːɵ/ noun, pl baths /ˈbæðz, ˈbæɵs, Brit ˈbɑːðz, ˈbɑːɵs/
1 [count]
a : the act of washing the body usually by sitting or lying in a container filled with water
• Do you prefer baths or showers?
• I was taking a bath when the phone rang.
• (chiefly Brit) I was having a bath.
• We tried giving the dog a bath in the bathtub.
• a long hot bath
• bath towels [=large towels used for drying yourself after a bath or shower]
- see also bubble bath, sponge bath, turkish bath, take a bath (below)
b : the water used for a bath
• a bath of warm/hot water
• I was in the bath when the phone rang.
• Would you like me to draw/run a bath for you? [=to fill the bathtub with water for you?]
c chiefly Brit : bathtub
• He slipped and fell in the bath.
2 [count] chiefly US : bathroom
- used when describing the number or kinds of bathrooms in a place
• a room with a private bath
• The house has three bedrooms and one and a half baths. [=one full bathroom and one bathroom with only a sink and a toilet]
• a full bath [=a bathroom with a sink, toilet, and a bathtub or shower]
3 baths [plural]
a : a public building where people in the past went to wash or soak their bodies
• ancient Roman baths
b Brit old-fashioned : a public building with a swimming pool in it
4 [count] technical : a container filled with a liquid in which an object is placed to be cleaned, treated, etc.
• She dipped the metal in a bath of acid.
• a chemical bath
take a bath US informal : to lose a large amount of money in a business deal
• The movie studio took a bath on his last picture.

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shower

shower [noun] (WASHING DEVICE)

US

/ˈʃaʊ.ɚ/

UK

/ʃaʊər/

Example:

I’d like to use the shower if that’s all right.

A device that releases drops of water through a lot of very small holes and that you stand under to wash your whole body

Persian equivalent:

Click here.

Example:

I’d like to use the shower if that’s all right.

Theme, CEFR level & Tags

Theme:

Bathroom fixtures and fittings

Level:

A1 (Basic)

Region:

American English

British English

Oxford Essential Dictionary

shower

noun

1 a place where you can wash by standing under water that falls from above you:
There's a shower in the bathroom.

2 the act of washing yourself in a shower:
I had a shower after the tennis match.

3 rain that falls for a short time:
The day will be cloudy, with occasional heavy showers.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

shower

I. show‧er¹ S2 /ˈʃaʊə $ ʃaʊr/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: scur]
1. FOR WASHING IN a piece of equipment that you stand under to wash your whole body:
Why does the phone always ring when I’m in the shower?
I’d like to use the shower if that’s all right.
The bathroom has a separate shower cubicle (=a shower in a separate part of the room).
2. ACT OF WASHING an act of washing your body while standing under a shower:
I need a shower.
take a shower
Nick rolled out of bed and took a shower.
have a shower especially British English:
Mary loves having a hot shower after she’s been swimming.
3. RAIN a short period of rain or snow:
More heavy showers are forecast for tonight.
a shower of rain
a snow shower
A few wintry showers are likely.
4. LOTS OF THINGS a lot of small light things falling or going through the air together
shower of
Peter kicked the fire and sent up a shower of sparks.
A shower of leaves fell towards the ground.
5. PARTY American English a party at which presents are given to a woman who is going to get married or have a baby:
We gave a shower for Beth.
a baby shower
6. PEOPLE [usually singular] British English informal a group of stupid or lazy people
• • •
THESAURUS
▪ rain noun [uncountable] water that falls in small drops from clouds in the sky: The rain has stopped at last. | There had been heavy rain during the night.
▪ drizzle noun [uncountable] light rain with very small drops of water: A light drizzle was falling as I left the house.
▪ shower noun [countable] a short period of rain that can be heavy or light: More heavy showers are forecast for tonight. | a light shower of rain
▪ downpour noun [countable usually singular] a short period of very heavy rain that starts suddenly: A sudden downpour sent us running for shelter. | a torrential downpour
▪ hail noun [uncountable] frozen rain that falls in the form of ↑hailstones (=small balls of ice): The hail and high winds have destroyed many of the county’s crops.
▪ sleet noun [uncountable] a mixture of snow and rain: The rain had turned to sleet | Sleet and snow fell.
▪ the rains noun [plural] heavy rain that falls during a particular period in the year in tropical countries: The farmers are waiting for the rains to come.
▪ monsoon noun [countable ] the heavy rain that falls between April and October in India and other southern Asian countries: The monsoon is late this year. | the monsoon season

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

shower

shower [shower showers showered showering] noun, verb [ˈʃaʊə(r)] [ˈʃaʊər]

noun
1. a piece of equipment producing a spray of water that you stand under to wash yourself; the small room or part of a room that contains a shower
• a hotel room with bath and shower
• He's in the shower.
• a shower cubicle
• a shower curtain

2. the act of washing yourself with a shower: (especially BrE) to have a shower
• (especially NAmE) to take a shower

• shower gel

3. a short period of rain or snow
• scattered showers
• April showers
• We were caught in a heavy shower.
• snow showers

• wintry showers (= of snow)

4. a large number of things that arrive or fall together
• a shower of leaves
• a shower of sparks from the fire

• a shower of kisses

5. (NAmE) a party at which you give presents to a woman who is getting married or having a baby
• a bridal/baby shower
Word Origin:
Old English scūr ‘light fall of rain, hail, etc.’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schoer and German Schauer.
Thesaurus:
shower noun
1. C
• He's in the shower just now.
bath • • wash •
in the shower/bath
need/have a shower/bath/wash
take a shower/bath
2. C
• We got caught in a heavy shower.
downpour • • rain • • drizzle •
(a) heavy shower/downpour/rain
a sudden shower/downpour
be/get caught in a shower/a downpour/the rain
3. C, usually sing. (usually followed by of) (written)
• The fire sent out a shower of sparks.
volley • |written hail •
a shower/volley/hail of arrows/bullets/stones
Example Bank:
• After the game, the boys hit the showers.
• He could hear the shower running in the bathroom.
• I got a shower invitation from Katie.
• I'll just take a quick shower.
• Scattered showers during the afternoon will die out by late evening.
• Scattered showers will die out by late evening.
• The grinding wheel sent out a shower of sparks.
• The plans include changing facilities and shower blocks.
• They decided to brave the showers and headed for the coast.
• a baby shower for my sister
• A bridal shower is usually organized by the bridesmaids.
• A log in the fire broke and fell, sending out a shower of sparks.
• Despite occasional April showers, the tennis season started in great style yesterday.
• He pushed the couch so that it banged against the wall and released a shower of dust.
• He's in the shower at the moment — can you call back later?
• Scattered wintry showers over western areas will become more widespread as the evening goes on.
• The white seeds drifted down in a slow shower against the blue sky.
• We got caught in a heavy shower.

• to take a shower

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

shower / ʃaʊə r / / ʃaʊr / noun (WASHING DEVICE)

A1 [ C ] a device that releases drops of water through a lot of very small holes and that you stand under to wash your whole body:

The shower is broken - you'll have to have a bath.

Many British homes have a shower attachment fixed to the bath taps.

a shower curtain/cap

A1 [ C ] a wash using such a device:

Have I got time to have ( US take ) a shower before we go out?

A1 [ C ] a place, usually in a bathroom, where a shower is situated:

He's in the shower at the moment. Would you like him to phone you back?

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

shower / ʃaʊə r / / ʃaʊr / noun [ C ] (RAIN)

B1 a short period of rain or snow:

showers of rain, hail and sleet

You're soaked! Did you get caught in the shower?

There will be thundery/wintry showers over many parts of the country.

Snow showers are expected at the end of the week.

shower / ʃaʊə r / / ʃaʊr / noun (MASS)

a shower of sth a lot of small objects or drops of liquid coming through the air:

There was a bang and a shower of sparks .

The pipe burst, sending out a shower of water.

a large amount of something:

She received a shower of praise from her colleagues.

shower / ʃaʊə r / / ʃaʊr / noun [ C ] US (PARTY)

a party held for a woman just before she gets married or gives birth to a child, when she is given presents for her future home or baby:

I bought the cutest baby clothes to take to Jacey's baby shower.

We went to my cousin's bridal shower yesterday.

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

shower

/ʃaʊə(r)/
(showers, showering, showered)

1.
A shower is a device for washing yourself. It consists of a pipe which ends in a flat cover with a lot of holes in it so that water comes out in a spray.
She heard him turn on the shower.
N-COUNT

2.
A shower is a small enclosed area containing a shower.
N-COUNT

3.
The showers or the shower in a place such as a sports centre is the area containing showers.
The showers are a mess...
We all stood in the women’s shower.
N-COUNT

4.
If you have a shower, you wash yourself by standing under a spray of water from a shower.
I think I’ll have a shower before dinner...
She took two showers a day.
N-COUNT

5.
If you shower, you wash yourself by standing under a spray of water from a shower.
There wasn’t time to shower or change clothes.
VERB: V

6.
A shower is a short period of rain, especially light rain.
There’ll be bright or sunny spells and scattered showers this afternoon.
N-COUNT

7.
You can refer to a lot of things that are falling as a shower of them.
Showers of sparks flew in all directions.
N-COUNT: usu N of n

8.
If you are showered with a lot of small objects or pieces, they are scattered over you.
They were showered with rice in the traditional manner...
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed with n

9.
If you shower a person with presents or kisses, you give them a lot of presents or kisses in a very generous and extravagant way.
He showered her with emeralds and furs...
Her parents showered her with kisses.
VERB: V n with n, V n with n

10.
A shower is a party or celebration at which the guests bring gifts.; If you refer to a group of people as a particular kind of shower, you disapprove of them. (mainly AM BRIT INFORMAL)
...a baby shower.
...a shower of wasters.
N-COUNT; N-SING: usu sing, oft N of n [disapproval]

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary:

¹show·er /ˈʃawɚ/ noun, pl -ers [count]
1 a : a device that produces a spray of water for you to stand under and wash your body
b : a room or an enclosed area in a room that contains a shower
• My hotel room had a shower but no bathtub.
• a shower curtain/stall
• I couldn't answer the phone because I was in the shower.
• The team hit the showers after practice. [=the team went to the locker room and used the showers there after practice]
- see picture at bathroom
c : the act of washing your body with a shower
• She took a shower after her run. = (Brit) She had a shower after her run.
• a shower cap [=a cap that you wear while you are taking a shower]
2 a : a brief fall of rain or snow over a small area
• Light/Heavy showers are expected later today.
- see also thundershower
b : a large number of small things that fall or happen at the same time - often + of
• a shower of sparks/tears
• He gave the baby a shower of kisses. [=he showered the baby with kisses]
3 US : a party where gifts are given to a woman who is going to be married or have a baby
• a bridal/baby shower

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bathtub

bathtub [noun]

US

/ˈbæθ.tʌb/

UK

/ˈbɑːθ.tʌb/

Example:

John filled the bathtub with hot water.

a long large container that you fill with water and sit or lie in to wash yourself SYN bath British English

Persian equivalent:

Click here.

Example:

John filled the bathtub with hot water.

Theme, CEFR level & Tags

Theme:

Bathroom fixtures and fittings

Level:

B1 (Intermediate)

Region:

American English

Oxford Essential Dictionary

bathtub

American English for bath

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

bathtub

bath‧tub /ˈbɑːθtʌb $ ˈbæθ-/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
especially American English a long large container that you fill with water and sit or lie in to wash yourself SYN bath British English

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bathtub

bath·tub [bathtub bathtubs] [ˈbɑːθtʌb] [bæθtʌb]

(also informal tub) (both especially NAmE) (BrE also bath) noun a large, long container that you put water in and then get into to wash your whole body

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

bathtub / ˈbɑːθ.tʌb / / ˈbæθ- / noun [ C ] ( also tub )

B1 mainly US for bath noun

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

bathtub

/bɑ:θtʌb, bæθ-/
(bathtubs)

A bathtub is a long, usually rectangular container which you fill with water and sit in to wash your body. (AM; in BRIT, use bath)

N-COUNT

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary:

bathtub

bath·tub /ˈbæɵˌtʌb, Brit ˈbɑːɵˌtʌb/ noun, pl -tubs [count] chiefly US : a large and long container in which people take baths or showers - called also (chiefly Brit) bath, (US) tub;

American English

B1 (Intermediate)

noun

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