tub
/tʌb/
A flat-bottomed vessel, of width similar to or greater than its height, used for storing or packing things, or for washing things in; The contents or capacity of such a vessel; A bathtub
- plural
- tubs
Meanings
- 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
Tom filled the tub with water.
Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
This is an old tub, not a car.
Tatoeba · AlanF_US · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
The contents or capacity of such a vessel
- 3
A bathtub
- 4
A slow-moving craftrare
- 5
Any structure shaped like a tub, such as a certain old form of pulpit, a short broad boat, etcrare
- 6
A small caskrare
- 7
Any of various historically designated quantities of goods to be sold by the tub (butter, oysters, etc)rare
- 8
A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaftrare
- 9
A sweating in a tub; a tub fastrare
- 10
A corpulent or obese personrare