bathtime
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- noun
- /ˈbæθˌtaɪm/
- Baby Talk
- At bathtime, the children giggled and splashed water everywhere.
- bathtime and bedtime
Examples
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Bathtime, storytime, bedtime—
Fiction book (1994) -
He loves his bathtime and playing with puzzles.
Blog text (19) -
Of course, all good things must end, and bathtime had to begin.
Blog text (22) -
He understands that bathtime comes before bed, and he loves his bath.
Blog text (32) -
Step was all set to help DeAnne get the kids through bathtime and bed when the phone rang.
Fiction book (1992) -
Around 2, we started offering her the choice to sit on the potty before bathtime or naps if she wanted, but with no pressure.
Blog text (17) -
It's bathtime now.
Blog text (13) -
And you know bathtime, and the way that it can be both a chore, a playtime, or a horror depending on the context.
Blog text (11) -
Further, parents perceive themselves as important agents in the development of social confidence through rituals that concern personal space, support of hobbies, and bathtime routines.
Academic text (1993) -
Because no matter how capable or caring they may be, we feel like no one else could ever love our kids as much as we do; no one else could ever make it through a long day of playground tantrums, bathtime tears, and potty training fails and still manage to read the same beloved bedtime story five times in a row.
Blog text (25)
How Relaxing
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- Baby Talk
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bathtime is made from bath ('washing in water') and time ('a moment or period'). So it literally means 'the time for a bath', which is why we use it for the moment when someone, especially a child, takes a bath.