Definition
- old-fashioned
An old-fashioned term referring to a public swimming pool.
In the past, it cost about six pence to go to the baths.
I enjoy swimming, and we still frequently visit the baths.
During our time in Bournemouth, we went to the baths every day.
- Countable
A public facility where people went in the past to take a hot bath.
Most families did not have bathrooms and used the public baths instead.
This building used to be the location of the public baths.
She was carrying a towel and a bar of soap, as if she were going to the baths.