Alternative spelling of bath mat

A small mat used next to a bathtub to absorb water and thus prevent slipping.

Alternative form of birdbath

(physics) A form of electrochemical storage cell in which electrolyte flows between connected tanks; the direction of flow being opposite when the cell is charging and discharging; used to store electricity from intermittent suppliers such as wind farms.

(archaic) A battery; a voltaic cell.

(law, idiomatic) The combination of two violent crimes: assault (the threat of violence) and battery (physical violence). This legal distinction exists only in jurisdictions that distinguish assault as threatened violence rather than actual violence.

(Britain, informal) A bus that is used as a mobile office and publicity centre by a politician or party during the run-up to an election

(weaponry) In firearms and artillery, having a condition in which a live round is at least partially in the firing chamber and capable of being fired, but is not properly secured by the usual mechanism of that particular weapon.

To bathe. / (idiomatic) To lose a large amount of money in an investment.

Any process that is not continuous, but is carried out with a discrete amount of material.