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noun

1. a round, broad, open, wooden container, usually formed of staves and hoops fastened around a flat bottom
2. any similarly large, open container of metal, stone, etc., as for washing
3. a small, round container: a tub of margarine
4. as much as a tub will hold
a bucket or tram for carrying coal, ore, etc. in a mine
1. bathtub
2. Brit., Informal a bath in a tub
Informal a slow-moving, clumsy ship or boat

Origin: ME tubbe < MDu; akin to MLowG tobbe, EFris tubbe

transitive verb, intransitive verb tubbed, tubbing

Informal to wash in a tub
Brit., Informal to bathe (oneself)

Related Forms:

tubbable adjective
tubber noun

See tub in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. An open, flat-bottomed vessel, usually round and typically wider than it is deep, used for washing, packing, or storing.
b. The amount that such a vessel can hold.
c. The contents of such a vessel.
a. A bathtub.
b. Informal A bath taken in a bathtub.
Informal A wide, clumsy, slow-moving boat.
a. A bucket used for conveying ore or coal up a mine shaft.
b. A coal car used in a mine.

verb tubbed tubbed, tub·bing, tubs

verb, transitive

To pack or store in a tub.
To wash or bathe in a tub.

verb, intransitive

To take a bath.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Middle Dutch

Origin: or Middle Low German tubbe

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Related Forms:

tubˈba·ble adjective

tubˈber noun

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