English spa (4 letters)

{ Answer }

BATH

{ Related Clues }

Ablution
Balneation
Turkish ___
Activity with bubbles
Alternative to a shower
Balneal activity
British spa
Caracalla feature
Chaucer's Wife of ___
City on the Avon
Cleaning solution?
Cleansing experience
Darkroom receptacle
English resort
Hobohemia rarity
Hotel feature
Maine port
Shower alternative
Spa attraction
Spa in England
Town for a wife
Tub rub
Wash-up
British honorary order
City near Bristol
English health resort
English watering place
Home of a Chaucerian pilgrim
Huge financial loss
Kind of robe or salts
Noted English spa
Pre-bedtime ritual
Rare event for a hobo
Saturday event of yore
Saturday-night special?
Serious business loss
Setting for candlelit romance
Wife of ___ (Chaucer pilgrim)
A dirty person may draw one
Setting for David's "The Death of Marat"
Some like it hot
Something a cat doesn't like
"Sore labour's ___" (Shakespearean sleep)

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{ Notes }

The answer BATH is seen frequently, appearing about once every 160 puzzles.

{ Definition }

BATH as a noun:

1. a vessel containing liquid in which something is immersed (as to process it or to maintain it at a constant temperature or to lubricate it); "she soaked the etching in an acid bath"

2. you soak and wash your body in a bathtub; "he has a good bath every morning"

3. (bathtub, bathing tub, bath, tub) = a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body

4. an ancient Hebrew liquid measure equal to about 10 gallons

5. a town in southwestern England on the River Avon; famous for its hot springs and Roman remains

6. (bathroom, bath) = a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet

BATH as a verb:

1. (bathe, bath) = clean one's body by immersion into water; "The child should bathe every day"