footbath

noun

foot·​bath ˈfu̇t-ˌbath 

-ˌbäth

: a bath for cleansing, warming, soothing, or disinfecting the feet

Examples of footbath in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Those measures include washing down car tires, limiting visitors, requiring staff to shower before and after entering the facility, and using footbaths with disinfectant for shoes. —Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2025

Roman ruins, 19th-century holiday homes, Medieval stone footbaths, and modern-day megayachts all dazzlingly co-exist together; the island’s natural beauty is amplified by the effortless sprezzatura of the habitués. —Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 9 July 2024

After a busy day, make your way to the internal garden and relieve your tired hooves at the footbath, relax in the library with a book, or enjoy a tipple at the bar with a front-row seat to the beauty of Mt. Yotei. —Christina Liao, Vogue, 30 Dec. 2023

Another handy feature of this footbath massager is a red light therapy mode that increases blood flow and circulation. —Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 30 May 2023

Filling a footbath with gazpacho. —Scott Jacobson, The New Yorker, 3 July 2021

This entails three steps, a calming footbath and relaxing massage, turn down service setting the temperature, lighting and humidity for ideal sleep, and a scented candle, pillow spray and bedtime book waiting for you by your bedside. —Rana Good, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023

At Thomas’ house, Patkotak made a footbath for the mother, helped burp the baby and made sure the dogs didn’t break through the gate outside the house. —Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Nov. 2022

By the forty-fourth day, somebody in 3704 had felt the need to buy an electric footbath machine from Kosaka. —Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1561, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for footbath

• bloodbath
• footpath
• towpath
• warpath
• aftermath
• multipath
• psychopath
• hath
• lath
• math
• path
• rath

Medical Definition

footbath

noun

foot·​bath ˈfu̇t-ˌbath, -ˌbȧth 

: a bath for cleansing, warming, soothing, or disinfecting the feet