birdbath
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- noun
- /ˈbɜrdˌbæθ/
- To encourage birds to visit, make sure your birdbath is clean and filled with fresh water.
- a shallow birdbath
- filled the birdbath
- birdbath in the garden
Examples
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Sometimes they skim the surface of the birdbath for a quick drink of water.
Fiction book (2000) -
With a splash, one button landed in the birdbath, scattering the black and gold orioles into the safety of the trees.
Fiction book (1999) -
Look, they have a birdbath out there.
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The birdbath is in my living room.
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I also think I'll put a birdbath in my rose garden.
Fiction book (1995) -
On the ground next to the birdbath was a small yellow pail.
Fiction book (1997) -
An empty marble birdbath stood in the center of the green expanse.
Fiction book (1993) -
Zeke found a big, hollowed-out rock, and we used it for a birdbath.
Fiction book (1999) -
My neighbor fills her birdbath, and we wave reassuringly to each other from the parameters of our yards.
Fiction book (1997) -
Snow has filled the birdbath; he hears the water pawing the shore; a mild rumble tingles his feet.
Fiction book (1997)
How Attractive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Birdbath is simply made of bird and bath, so imagine a small 'bath' made for a 'bird' to splash in. That's why a birdbath is a shallow bowl in a garden where birds can bathe and drink.