tub

(tub)

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
  1. a bucket or tram for carrying coal, ore, etc. in a mine
    1. bathtub
    2. Brit., Informal a bath in a tub
  2. Informal a slow-moving, clumsy ship or boat

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

transitive verb, intransitive verb tubbed, tubbing

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

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See tub in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. 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.
  2. a. A bathtub.
    b. Informal A bath taken in a bathtub.
  3. Informal A wide, clumsy, slow-moving boat.
  4. 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
  1. To pack or store in a tub.
  2. 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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