tub
a bathtub.
a broad, round, open, wooden container, usually made of staves held together by hoops and fitted around a flat bottom.
any of various containers resembling or suggesting a tub: a tub for washing clothes.
the amount a tub will hold.
Informal. a short and fat person.
Nautical. an old, slow, or clumsy vessel.
British Informal. a bath in a bathtub.
Mining. an ore car; tram.
Military Slang. a two-seat aircraft, especially a trainer.
to place or keep in a tub.
British Informal. to bathe in a bathtub.
British Informal. to bathe oneself in a bathtub.
Informal. to undergo washing, especially without damage, as a fabric: This cotton print tubs well.
Origin of tub
1Other words from tub
- tub·ba·ble, adjective
- tubber, noun
- tublike, adjective
- un·der·tub, noun
- un·tubbed, adjective
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How to use tub in a sentence
On one summer lunch hour, Donna Ann Levonuk, 50, lifted a tub of diaper cream priced at $43.98—and then stashed it in her purse.
The Insane $11 Billion Scam at Retailers’ Return Desks | M.L. Nestel | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe tub used in the birth was not approved for medical use and is difficult to disinfect.
This past winter, my partner and I rented a small house in rural Vermont with a gorgeous clawfoot tub.
My partner got in the “tub” first and I leaned back on her so she could give me the old reacharound.
Foul-mouthed chauvinist who flirted with chicks in a hot tub or celebrity-friendly sociopolitical satirist?
Canada’s Subversive Sock Puppet: Ed the Sock Isn’t Afraid to Say Anything | Soraya Roberts | November 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Very soon afterwards a mollusca had been captured, and placed in a tub filled with sea water.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferThe nurse should not touch the outside of the tub with infected articles while putting these in the disinfectant.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin MalleyOne of the most curious sights of Madrid is the great wash-tub of the Manzanares.
Spanish Life in Town and Country | L. Higgin and Eugne E. StreetIt was as big as a tub, and the golden spoon in the saucer beside the cup was so heavy the boy could scarcely lift it.
The Tin Woodman of Oz | L. Frank BaumI feel mad enough to pull out my yellowest feathers, or upset my bath-tub.
St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 5, March, 1878 | Various
British Dictionary definitions for tub
/ (tʌb) /
a low wide open container, typically round, originally one made of wood and used esp for washing: now made of wood, plastic, metal, etc, and used in a variety of domestic and industrial situations
a small plastic or cardboard container of similar shape for ice cream, margarine, etc
Also called: bathtub another word (esp US and Canadian) for bath 1 (def. 1)
Also called: tubful the amount a tub will hold
a clumsy slow boat or ship
informal (in rowing) a heavy wide boat used for training novice oarsmen
Also called: tram, hutch
a small vehicle on rails for carrying loads in a mine
a container for lifting coal or ore up a mine shaft; skip
British informal to wash (oneself or another) in a tub
(tr) to keep or put in a tub
Origin of tub
1Derived forms of tub
- tubbable, adjective
- tubber, noun
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