1. tub(n = noun.artifact) bath, bathing tub, bathtub - a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body;
is a kind of vessel
is a part of bath, bathroom
has particulars: footbath, hot tub, hip bath, sitz bath
2. tub(n = noun.artifact) vat - a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids;
is a kind of vessel
has particulars: washtub
3. tub(n = noun.quantity) tubful - the amount that a tub will hold; "a tub of water"
is a kind of containerful
1. An open wooden vessel formed with staves, bottom, and hoops; a kind of short cask, half barrel, or firkin, usually with but one head, -- used for various purposes. [1913 Webster]
2. The amount which a tub contains, as a measure of quantity; as, a tub of butter; a tub of camphor, which is about 1 cwt., etc. [1913 Webster]
3. Any structure shaped like a tub: as, a certain old form of pulpit; a short, broad boat, etc., -- often used jocosely or opprobriously. [1913 Webster]
"All being took up and busied, some in pulpits and some in tubs, in the grand work of preaching and holding forth." [1913 Webster]
4. A sweating in a tub; a tub fast. Shak. [1913 Webster]
5. A small cask; as, a tub of gin. [1913 Webster]
6. A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft; -- so called by miners. [1913 Webster]
To plant or set in a tub; as, to tub a plant. [1913 Webster]
To make use of a bathing tub; to lie or be in a bath; to bathe. [1913 Webster]
"Don't we all tub in England ?" [1913 Webster]
tub, n. & v.
--n.
1 an open flat-bottomed usu. round container for various purposes.
2 a tub-shaped (usu. plastic) carton.
3 the amount a tub will hold.
4 colloq. a bath.
5 a colloq. a clumsy slow boat. b a stout roomy boat for rowing practice.
6 (in mining) a container for conveying ore, coal, etc.
--v. (tubbed, tubbing)
1 tr. & intr. plant, bathe, or wash in a tub.
2 tr. enclose in a tub.
3 tr. line (a mine-shaft) with a wooden or iron casing.
Idiom:
tub chair a chair with solid arms continuous with a usu. semicircular back. tub-thumper colloq. a ranting preacher or orator. tub-thumping colloq. ranting oratory.
Derivative:
tubbable adj. tubbish adj. tubful n. (pl. -fuls).
Etymology:
ME, prob. of LG or Du. orig.: cf. MLG, MDu. tubbe
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