Meaning & use
bath bomb
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Meaning
nouncountable
a hard, often colorful ball of scented ingredients that fizzes and dissolves when you put it in bathwater.
Grammar: Countable: one bath bomb, two bath bombs. It is usually written as two words.
Patterns
- drop a bath bomb in the bath
- a bath bomb fizzes
- scented bath bomb
She dropped a lavender bath bomb into the warm water and watched it fizz.
The shop sells bath bombs, soaps, and candles.
He bought a bath bomb as a small gift for his sister.
Word forms
| plural | bath bombs |
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Common combinations
- drop a bath bomb in
- He dropped a bath bomb in the tub and the water turned blue.
- scented bath bomb
- This scented bath bomb smells like roses.
- bath bomb fizz
- The bath bomb fizz is part of the fun.
- make bath bombs
- They make bath bombs at home with baking soda and citric acid.
- bath bomb gift set
- She gave her friend a bath bomb gift set for her birthday.
Synonyms and how they differ
- bath fizzer
- A less common informal name for the same product; bath bomb is the usual term.
- bath salt
- Bath salts are loose grains or crystals, not a single solid ball, so they dissolve differently.
Word family
- bath noun
- the act of washing in a tub, or the tub itself.
- bathwater noun
- the water in a bath.
Commonly confused: bath bomb or bathroom? bath bomb or bomb?
bath bomb vs bathroom
A bathroom is the room; a bath bomb is a product you put in the bathwater.
bath bomb vs bomb
A bomb is an explosive weapon; a bath bomb is only a playful toiletry.
Practice
She put a ______ in the bath and it turned the water pink.
Choose one answer.
Bath bomb fits because it is the product that fizzes and colors the water. Bathroom is a room, and a bath towel or bath mat is not put into the water.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “bath bomb”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.