bathwater UK /ˈbɑːθwɔːtə(ɹ)/US /ˈbæθwɔtɚ/noun 1forms 1phrases 2 noun1 •The water used in a bath (bathtub). formsbathwaters Phrases with bathwater baby and bathwaterUsed in reference to an error in which something valuable is discarded in the process of removing or rejecting something unwanted. drink someone's bathwaterTo be excessively adoring of someone.