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Tub

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Noun

1. bath, bathing tub, bathtub, tub

a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body

2. tub, vat

a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids

3. tub, tubful

the amount that a tub will hold

Example Sentences:
'a tub of water'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Tub

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noun
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 bath1 (sense 1)
4. Also called: tubful
the amount a tub will hold
5. 
a clumsy slow boat or ship
6. informal
(in rowing) a heavy wide boat used for training novice oarsmen
7. Also called: tram, hutch
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
verbWord forms: tubs, tubbing or tubbed
8. British informal
to wash (oneself or another) in a tub
9. (transitive)
to keep or put in a tub

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Tub

see synonyms of tub
noun
1. 
a. 
a round, broad, open, wooden container, usually formed of staves and hoops fastened around a flat bottom
b. 
any similarly large, open container of metal, stone, etc., as for washing
c. 
a small, round container
a tub of margarine
d. 
as much as a tub will hold
2. 
a bucket or tram for carrying coal, ore, etc. in a mine
3. 
a. 
bathtub
b.  British, Informal
a bath in a tub
4.  Informal
a slow-moving, clumsy ship or boat
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: tubbed or ˈtubbing
5.  Informal
to wash in a tub
6.  British, Informal
to bathe (oneself)

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Tub

see synonyms of tub
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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