hip bath

1 6.4

A small bath you sit in that covers only the hips and bottom

noun

: baño de cadera

She prepared the hip bath by filling it with lukewarm water and a handful of salts.

Examples

After his surgery, he found a warm hip bath soothing and therapeutic.
The doctor recommended a daily hip bath to relieve her discomfort.
She enjoys taking a hip bath after a long day.
The hip baths are very relaxing.
After a long day, she enjoyed a relaxing soak in her hip bath to relieve tension.
He recommended a hip bath as a soothing treatment for his sore back.
For a quick refresh, she filled the hip bath with warm water and some essential oils.

Synonyms

sitz bath

vship bath

Specialized

1 7.8

A shallow bath you sit in that covers hips and buttocks to reduce pain and help healing

is a general bathing option not limited to medical use

How Immersed

bath

591 1.0

hip bath

1 6.4

footbath

2 3.6

Surface Forms

hip bath singular

hip baths plural

Morphology

hip + bath

The meaning 'a bath in which only the hips and buttocks are immersed' is directly derivable from combining 'hip' (a body part) with 'bath' (a bathing container/action): it literally denotes a bath for the hips. This straightforward compositional pattern is regular in English (and mirrors constructions in other languages), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Hip bath is a small tub that lets someone sit and put only their hips and buttocks into warm water. Because the warm water targets that one area, the name came to mean a bath used 'to relieve' pain or help recovery.