tub

§PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /tʌb/
• Rhymes: -ʌb

§NounEdit

tub (plural tubs)

1. A flat-bottomed vessel, of width similar to or greater than its height, used for storing or packing things, or for washing things in.

   He bought a tub of lard to roast the potatoes in.

2. The contents or capacity of such a vessel.

   He added a tub of margarine to the stew.

3. A bathtub.
4. (nautical, informal) A slow-moving craft.
5. (humorous or derogatory) Any structure shaped like a tub, such as a certain old form of pulpit, a short broad boat, etc.
   • South

     All being took up and busied, some in pulpits and some in tubs, in the grand work of preaching and holding forth.

6. A small cask.

   a tub of gin

7. Any of various historically designated quantities of goods to be sold by the tub (butter, oysters, etc).
8. (mining) A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft.
9. (obsolete) A sweating in a tub; a tub fast.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)

10. (slang) A corpulent or obese person.

    Lars: You ready to help take down Gizmo?
    Vault Dweller: You bet. Let's nail that tub. [1]

§Derived termsEdit

• bathtub
• hot tub
• tubby

§TranslationsEdit

§VerbEdit

tub (third-person singular simple present tubs, present participle tubbing, simple past and past participle tubbed)

1. (transitive) To plant, set, or store in a tub.

   to tub a plant

2. (intransitive) To bathe.
   • London Spectator

     Don't we all tub in England?

§External linksEdit

• Tub on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

§AnagramsEdit

• BTU
• but

§EtymologyEdit

From Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”).

§NounEdit

tub m (plural tubs)

1. tube

§NounEdit

tub

1. brick

§RafsiEdit

tub

1. rafsi of tunba.

§EtymologyEdit

From Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”).

§PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [tub]

§NounEdit

tub n (plural tuburi)

1. tube

§DeclensionEdit

§NounEdit

tub

1. son

§ReferencesEdit

• Ernest E. Heimbach, White Hmong - English Dictionary (1979, SEAP Publications)