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bath glove

bath glove

2.2
A rough cloth mitt you use to wash and scrub your body
  • noun
  • UK
translation icon : guante de baño
  • She used a bath glove to scrub her arms and legs thoroughly.

Examples

  • After buying a new bath glove, he noticed his skin felt much smoother.

  • A bath glove provides a gentle exfoliation as you wash in the shower.

  • I bought a new bath glove for my shower.

  • Do you use a bath glove when you wash?

  • A bath glove provides a gentle scrub and helps remove dead skin while bathing.

  • Using a bath glove can enhance your cleaning routine in the shower.

  • She felt refreshed after washing with her bath glove during today's shower.

Synonyms

bath mitt
vsbath glove
4.4

A soft glove used with soap to wash and scrub the body

means the same item but named differently in other contexts
shower mitt
vsbath glove
2.4

A glove of rough cloth that you use to wash and scrub the skin in the shower

is used for washing in any position, not only while standing
shower glove
vsbath glove
3.0

A rough cloth you wear on your hand in the shower to scrub dead skin

focuses on general washing and scrubbing rather than skin exfoliation
bath scrubber
vsbath glove
1.7

A small soft thing you use in the bath or shower to rub and clean your skin

is a solid hand-shaped coarse pad rather than a mesh cleaning tool

How Rough

loofah
8 6.7
bath glove
  • UK
2.2
washcloth
  • US
22 1.0

Surface Forms

bath glove singular
bath gloves plural

Morphology

bath + glove

The meaning 'a mitt used for washing the body' is directly and transparently derivable from combining 'bath' (bathing/washing) with 'glove' (a hand covering). This is a straightforward compositional compound (function + object) and has clear equivalents in other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand it.

Etymology

Bath glove comes from the simple picture of a glove used in the bath: a rough mitt you put on your hand to scrub and clean your skin. So, it means 'a mitt for washing or scrubbing the body'.