bad

Definitions of bad
  1. noun
    a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body
    synonyms: badkuip, bark, kuip, schuit, teil, wasteil
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    voetbad
    a small bathtub for warming or washing or disinfecting the feet
    zitbad
    a bathtub in which your buttocks and hips are immersed as if you were sitting in a chair and you bathe in a sitting position
    type of:
    vaatje, vat
    an object used as a container (especially for liquids)
  2. noun
    the ritual washing of a priest's hands or of sacred vessels
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    golfslag, lotie, spoelwater, was, wasbeurt, waswater
    the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
  3. noun
    you soak and wash your body in a bathtub
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    badschuim, bubbelbad, schuimbad, whirlpool
    a bath in which you add something to foam and scent the bath water
    modderbad, modderballet
    a bath in warm mud (as for treating rheumatism)
  4. noun
    a chemical compound that sets or fixes something (as a dye or a photographic image)
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    fixeer, fixeerzout, hypo
    a compound used as a fixing agent in photographic developing
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    compound, kampong, verbinding
    (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight
  5. noun
    any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets
    synonyms: bassin, plas, poule, zwembad, zwembassin
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    snooker
    a form of pool played with 15 red balls and six balls of other colors and a cue ball
  6. noun
    an excavation that is (usually) filled with water
    synonyms: badinrichting, bassin, pool, poolstreek, poule, wiel, zwembad, zwembassin
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    badinrichting, binnenbad, zwembad
    pool that provides a facility for swimming
    kikkerbad, kinderbad, kleuterbad, pierenbad
    a shallow pool for children
    sloot
    a pool or stream in a steeplechase or similar contest
    beerput, kiepelton
    a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
    type of:
    uitholling
    a hole in the ground made by excavating
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