tub

tub  (tb)

n.

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.

v. tubbed, tub·bing, tubs

v.tr.

1. To pack or store in a tub.

2. To wash or bathe in a tub.

v.intr.

To take a bath.

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[Middle English, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German tubbe.]

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tubba·ble adj.

tubber n.

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tub [tʌb]

n

1. 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

2. a small plastic or cardboard container of similar shape for ice cream, margarine, etc.

3. Also called bathtub another word (esp US and Canadian) for bath¹ [1]

4. (Mathematics & Measurements / Units) Also called tubful the amount a tub will hold

5. (Transport / Nautical Terms) a clumsy slow boat or ship

6. (Team Sports / Rowing) Informal (in rowing) a heavy wide boat used for training novice oarsmen

7. (Mining & Quarrying) Also called tram hutch

a.  a small vehicle on rails for carrying loads in a mine

b.  a container for lifting coal or ore up a mine shaft; skip

vb tubs, tubbing, tubbed

1. Brit informal to wash (oneself or another) in a tub

2. (tr) to keep or put in a tub

[from Middle Dutch tubbe]

tubbable  adj

tubber  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tub - a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body bathing tub, bathtub, bath bathroom, bath - a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet footbath - a small bathtub for warming or washing or disinfecting the feet hot tub - a very large tub (large enough for more than one bather) filled with hot water hip bath, sitz bath - a bathtub in which your buttocks and hips are immersed as if you were sitting in a chair and you bathe in a sitting position vessel - an object used as a container (especially for liquids)
	2.	tub - a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids vat vessel - an object used as a container (especially for liquids) washtub - a tub in which clothes or linens can be washed
	3.	tub - the amount that a tub will hold; "a tub of water" tubful containerful - the quantity that a container will hold

Translations

tub [tʌb] N

1. (= large vessel) → cubo m, cuba f; (for margarine etc) → tarrina f; (= washtub) → tina f; [of washing-machine] → tambor m

2. (esp US) (= bathtub) → bañera f, tina f (esp LAm)

3. (Naut) → carcamán m

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tub [ˈtʌb] n

(= large round container) (for washing clothes) → baquet m; (for plants) → bac m

[margarine, cream, ice-cream] → pot m

(US) (= bath) → baignoire f

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tub

n

→ Kübel m; (for rainwater) → Tonne f, → Traufe f; (for washing) → Zuber m, → Bottich m, → Trog m; (of ice cream, margarine) → Becher m

(esp US inf: = bath tub) → Wanne f

(inf: = boat) → Kahn m

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tub:

tub-thumper

n (pej) → Demagoge m, → Demagogin f, → Volksredner(in) m(f)

tub-thumping (esp Brit)

n → Demagogie f

adj → demagogisch

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tub [tʌb] n (for washing clothes) → tinozza, mastello; (for flowers) → vasca; (for ice cream) → vaschetta; (individual) → coppetta (fam) (also bathtub) → vasca da bagno

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tub [tʌb] n (for washing clothes) → tinozza, mastello; (for flowers) → vasca; (for ice cream) → vaschetta; (individual) → coppetta (fam) (also bathtub) → vasca da bagno

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tub

n tub [tab]

1 a round (usually wooden) container for keeping water, washing clothes etc a huge tub of water. kuip حَوْض خَشَبي ведро škopek balje der Bottich σκάφη balde, tina toober تشت saavi cuve גִיגִית नांद kabao, korito za rublje dézsa tong bali tinozza おけ 욕조 kubilas, rėčka kubls; toveris besen tobbe balje, stamp balia tina cuvă лохань kaďa, sud, vaňa; džbán čeber kofa balja ถังน้ำ çamaşır leğeni 桶 діжка, кадіб ٹب، ناند chậu 桶

2 a bath He was sitting in the tub. bad حَوْض إسْتِحْمام баня vana badekar die Badewanne μπανιέρα bañera vann وان kylpyamme baignoire אַמבָּט स्नान kada za kupanje (fürdő)kád bak mandi baðker vasca 風呂 목욕 vonia vanna tab mandi badkuip badekar wanna banheira cadă ванна vaňa kad kada badkar อ่างอาบน้ำ küvet 浴缸 ванна غسل bồn tắm 浴缸

3 a small round container for ice-cream etc. bak وَعاء بوظَه кофа nádobka isbæger der Kübel μικρό δοχείο παγωτού tarrina tops ظرف کوچک astia contenant גָבִיע आइसक्रीम इत्यादि का छोटा गोल बरतन okrugla kutija za sladoled csésze, tálka wadah eskrim ísbox (coppetta) アイスクリームおけ 아이스크림 통 kibirėlis saldējuma trauciņš tab pot isbøtte miseczka copo cutie бочонок nádobka majhna okrogla posoda posuda bägare ถังไอศกรีม karton/plâstik kutu 盛冰淇淋的小桶 кругла коробочка آئس کريم کا ڈبہ lớp bọc ngoài cho que kem 盛冰淇淋的小桶

adj tubby

rather fat; plump She was rather tubby as a child but she is very slim now. vet, mollig بَدين، سَمين дундест buclatý buttet rundlich παχουλός rechoncho, regordete priske خپل pulska grassouillet שׁמַנמַן गोल मटोल bucmast, punašan köpcös gemuk kubbslegur obeso ずんぐりした 뚱뚱한 putnus, rubuilis apaļīgs; dūšīgs gemuk pendek rond lubben, småfet pulchny gorducho dolofan упитанный bacuľatý debelušen debeljuškast rund, knubbig อ้วนและเตี้ย şişman, duba gibi 矮胖的 повний, огрядний, гладкий بھدا béo phệ 矮胖的