Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

water bath

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.40 in modern English

Syllables
wa-ter -bath
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A piece of laboratory equipment consisting of a vessel containing water, in which is suspended a flask that is to be subject to careful heating or cooling.

noun

An analogous piece of equipment used in a kitchen (especially a commercial kitchen), to cook food or to keep it hot.

Inflected Forms

water baths (plural)

Synonyms

bain marie

Questions

What does water bath mean?
A piece of laboratory equipment consisting of a vessel containing water, in which is suspended a flask that is to be subject to careful heating or cooling.

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