tub

tub

 (tŭb)

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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tub′ba·ble adj.

tub′ber 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 bath¹¹

4. (Units) Also called: tubful the amount a tub will hold

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

6. (Rowing) informal (in rowing) a heavy wide boat used for training novice oarsmen

7. (Mining & Quarrying)

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 or tubbed

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

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

[C14: from Middle Dutch tubbe]

ˈtubbable adj

ˈtubber n

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tub

(tʌb)

n., v. tubbed, tub•bing. n.

1. a bathtub.

2. a broad, round, open container, orig. one made of wooden staves held together by hoops and fitted around a flat bottom.

3. any of various small, usu. round containers: a tub of butter.

4. the amount a tub will hold.

5. an old, slow, or clumsy boat.

6. Informal. a short and fat person.

7. a bath in a bathtub.

v.t.

8. to place or keep in a tub.

9. to bathe.

v.i.

10. to undergo washing.

[1350–1400; Middle English tubbe (n.) < Middle Dutch or Middle Low German tobbe]

tub′ba•ble, adj.

tub′ber, n.

tub′like`, adj.

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tub

Past participle: tubbed
Gerund: tubbing

Imperative

tub

tub

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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

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Translations

حَوْض إسْتِحْمامحَوْض خَشَبيوَعاء بوظَه

nádobkaškopekvana

badekarbaljeisbæger

BottichKübelBecher

σαπιοκάραβο

ammekylpyammeruuhisaavisaavillinen

baignoirecuvebaquetbassinecontenant

kádtálka

baîkerbaliísbox

bigonciobottecoppa gelatotinozzavasca da bagno

kibirėliskubilasrėčkarubuilis

kublssaldējuma trauciņštoverisvanna

isbøttestamp

banjicakopalna kadškaf

çamaşır leğenikarton/plâstik kutuküvet

桶盛冰淇淋的小桶

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

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

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

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

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

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

tub

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

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

tub

(tab) noun

1. a round (usually wooden) container for keeping water, washing clothes etc. a huge tub of water. kuip حَوْض خَشَبي ведро tina škopek der Bottich balje σκάφηbalde, tina toober تشت saavi cuveגיגית नांद kabao, korito za rublje dézsa tong bali tinozza おけ 욕조 kubilas, rėčka kubls; toveris besen tobbebalje, stamp balia ټب، وړوکی خانک ، تشت 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 banheira vana die Badewanne badekar μπανιέραbañera vann وان kylpyamme baignoireאמבט स्नान kada za kupanje (fürdő)kád bak mandi baðker vasca 風呂 목욕 vonia vanna tab mandi badkuipbadekarwanna وان 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 copo nádobka der Kübel isbæger μικρό δοχείο παγωτού tarrina tops ظرف کوچک astia contenantגביע 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 아이스��림 통 kibirėlis saldējuma trauciņš tab potisbøttemiseczka وړوکی چاټی 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

ˈtubby adjective

rather fat; plump. She was rather tubby as a child but she is very slim now. vet, mollig بَدين، سَمين дундест gorducho / corpulento buclatý rundlich buttet παχουλόςrechoncho, 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 rondlubben, småfetpulchny نیغ gorducho dolofan упитанный bacuľatý debelušen debeljuškast rund, knubbig อ้วนและเตี้ย şişman, duba gibi 胖嘟嘟的，豐滿的 повний, огрядний, гладкий بھدا béo phệ 矮胖的

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tub

n. tina, bañera.

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