tub

Pluraltubs

Formstubs, tubbing, tubbed

1. 1
   nouncountable

   A large container in the bathroom that you fill with water and wash yourself in.

   She filled the tub with warm water and got in to relax.

   The kids splashed so much that half the water ended up outside the tub.

   Similarbath, bathtub

2. 2
   nouncountable

   A wide, round, open container with a flat bottom, used for washing things or for keeping things in.

   Like a bucket, but shorter and wider.

   She filled the tub with soapy water and washed the curtains by hand.

   We keep the kids' beach toys in a big plastic tub by the door.

   Similarvat, basin, barrel, bucket

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3. 3
   nouncountable

   The amount that a tub can hold, or everything inside it.

   He ate a whole tub of ice cream while watching the movie.

   Mom bought two tubs of yogurt for the week.

   Similarcarton, pot, container

4. 4
   nouncountable

   A small barrel used for holding drinks or other liquids.

   The sailors carried a small tub of rum below deck.

   Two tubs of cider sat in the cool cellar.

   Similarcask, keg, barrel

5. 5
   verbtransitive or intransitive

   To take a bath in a bathtub.

   Grandpa likes to tub instead of shower.

   The kids tubbed before bed and went straight to sleep.

   Similarbathe, bath, soak

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6. 6
   verbtransitive

   To put a plant or other thing in a tub to grow or keep it.

   We tub our little lemon tree each fall so it can come inside.

   Grandma tubbed the apples and kept them in the cellar.

   Similarpot, pack, store

7. 7
   nouncolloquialcountable

   A boat or ship that moves very slowly.

   Our ferry was a slow old tub that took all day to get there.

   That tub of theirs can barely make it across the lake.

   Similarhulk, scow

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8. 8
   nounslangcountable

   A rude, unkind word for a fat person.

   "Hurry up, you tub!" the older boys shouted from the bus.

   He patted his belly and joked that the holidays had turned him into a tub.

   Similarfatso, fatty, porker, blimp

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9. 9
   nouncountable

   A big box or bucket used to carry coal or rock up out of a mine.

   The men filled the tub with coal and sent it up to the top.

   Each tub came up the shaft loaded with broken rock.

   Similarskip, bucket

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10. 10
    nouncountable

    The main body of a car, without its doors, hood, or fenders, that everything else is attached to.

    At the factory, a machine gently lowers each tub onto the car's frame.

    The old car's tub was full of rust holes.

    Similarshell, bodyshell

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11. 11
    nounderogatoryhumorouscountable

    A joking or unkind name for anything with a short, round shape, like a small wide boat.

    The children paddled their round little tub across the pond.

    The old preacher climbed into his high wooden tub to speak.

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12. 12
    nouncountable

    An old fixed amount used when selling goods such as butter or oysters.

    The shopkeeper ordered two tubs of butter from the farm.

    Oysters cost three dollars a tub at the harbor market.

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