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tub
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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.

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

tubba·ble adj.
tubber n.

tub
Noun
1. a low wide, usually round container
2. a small plastic or cardboard container for ice cream etc.
3. Chiefly US same as bath (sense 1)
4. Also called: (tubful) the amount a tub will hold
5. a slow and uncomfortable boat or ship [Middle Dutch tubbe]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.tubtub - a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body
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.tubtub - a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids
vessel - an object used as a container (especially for liquids)
washtub - a tub in which clothes or linens can be washed
3.tubtub - the amount that a tub will hold; "a tub of water"
containerful - the quantity that a container will hold
Translations

tub [tʌb] ncubo (SP); balde m (LAM) (= bath); bañera, tina (LAM)
tub [tʌb] ncuve f;
(for washing clothes) → baquet m (= bath); baignoire f
tub [tʌb] n (container) → Kübel m;
(bath) → Wanne f
tub [tʌb] ntinozza; mastello (= bath); bagno

tub
n tub [tab]
1 a round (usually wooden) container for keeping water, washing clothes etc a huge tub of water.kuipحَوْض خَشَبيведроškopekbaljeder Bottichσκάφηbalde, tinatooberتشتsaavicuveגִיגִיתनांदkabao, korito za rubljedézsatongbalitinozzaおけ물통kubilas, rėčkakubls; toverisbesentobbebalje, stampbaliatinacuvăлоханьkaďa, sud, vaňa; džbánčeberkofabaljaถังน้ำçamaşır leğeniдіжка, кадібٹب، ناندchậu
2 a bath He was sitting in the tub.badحَوْض إسْتِحْمامбаняvanabadekardie Badewanneμπανιέραbañeravannوانkylpyammebaignoireאַמבָּטस्नानkada za kupanje(fürdő)kádbak mandibaðkervasca風呂목욕통voniavannatab mandibadkuipbadekarwannabanheiracadăваннаvaňakadkadabadkarอ่างอาบน้ำküvet浴缸ваннаغسلbồn tắm
3 a small round container for ice-cream etc. bakوَعاء بوظَهкофаnádobkaisbægerder Kübelμικρό δοχείο παγωτούtarrinatopsظرف کوچکpurkkicontenantגָבִיעआइसक्रीम इत्यादि का छोटा गोल बरतनokrugla kutija za sladoledcsésze, tálkawadah eskrimísbox(coppetta)アイスクリームおけkibirėlissaldējuma trauciņštabpotisbøttemiseczkacopocutieбочонокnádobkamajhna okrogla posodaposudabägareถังไอศกรีมkarton/plâstik kutu盛冰淇淋的小桶кругла коробочкаآئس کريم کا ڈبہlớp bọc ngoài cho que kem
adj ˈtubby
rather fat; plump She was rather tubby as a child but she is very slim now.vet, molligبَدين، سَمينдундестbuclatýbuttetrundlichπαχουλόςrechoncho, regordetepriskeخپلpulleagrassouilletשׁמַנמַןगोल मटोलbucmast, punašanköpcösgemukkubbslegurobesoずんぐりした뚱뚱한putnus, rubuilisapaļīgs; dūšīgsgemuk pendekrondlubben, småfetpulchnygorduchodolofanупитанныйbacuľatýdebelušendebeljuškastrund, knubbigอ้วนและเตี้ยşişman, duba gibi矮胖的повний, огрядний, гладкийبھداbéo phệ

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