cool bath

Refreshing water immersion

A cool bath is a bath taken in water that is noticeably below body temperature but not cold enough to shock.

Cool baths are used to reduce fever, soothe sunburn, or refresh in hot weather.

The temperature sits between lukewarm and cold: The doctor recommended a cool bath to bring down her temperature.

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G