tub
Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Legal, Acronyms, Idioms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.
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.
[Middle English, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German tubbe.]
tub′ba·ble adj.
tub′ber n.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
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.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
tub
Past participle: tubbed
Gerund: tubbing
| Imperative |
|---|
| tub |
| tub |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Switch to new thesaurus
| Noun | 1. |  tub - a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the bodybathroom, 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 liquidsvessel - 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"containerful - the quantity that a container will hold |
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
Translations
حَوْض إسْتِحْمامحَوْض خَشَبيوَعاء بوظَه
nádobkaškopekvana
badekarbaljeisbæger
ammekylpyammeruuhisaavisaavillinen
kádtálka
baîkerbaliísbox
kibirėliskubilasrėčkarubuilis
kublssaldējuma trauciņštoverisvanna
banjicakopalna kadškaf
çamaşır leğenikarton/plâstik kutuküvet
tub
[tʌb] N1. (= large vessel) → cubo m, cuba f; (for margarine etc) → tarrina f; (= washtub) → tina f; [of washing-machine] → tambor m
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
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
tub
: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 bagnoCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
tub
(tab) noun1. a round (usually wooden) container for keeping water, washing clothes etc. a huge tub of water.
2. a bath. He was sitting in the tub.
3. a small round container for ice-cream etc.
ˈtubby adjective rather fat; plump. She was rather tubby as a child but she is very slim now.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
tub
n. tina, bañera.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012