water bath

See also: water-bath and waterbath

English

Noun

water bath (plural water baths)

2. A piece of laboratory equipment consisting of a vessel containing water, in which is suspended a flask that is to be subject to careful heating or cooling.
4. An analogous piece of equipment used in a kitchen (especially a commercial kitchen), to cook food or to keep it hot.

   Synonym: bain marie

Translations

a piece of laboratory equipment

• Maori: kura taupunga

Anagrams

• bath water, bathwater