Tub

Quick meaning: Tub is a noun meaning A flat-bottomed vessel, of width similar to or greater than its height, used for storing or packing things, or for washing things in.

Meaning

A flat-bottomed vessel, of width similar to or greater than its height, used for storing or packing things, or for washing things in.

More Meanings

1. The contents or capacity of such a vessel.
2. A bathtub.
3. (nautical, informal) A slow-moving craft.
4. (humorous or derogatory) Any structure shaped like a tub, such as a certain old form of pulpit, a short broad boat, etc.
5. A small cask.
6. Any of various historically designated quantities of goods to be sold by the tub (butter, oysters, etc).
7. (mining) A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft.

Example Sentences

a tub of gin

She added a tub of margarine to the stew.

He bought a tub of lard to roast the potatoes in.

All being took up and busied, some in pulpits and some in tubs, in the grand work of preaching and holding forth.

Word Forms

• tubs
• tubbing
• tubbed

Synonyms for tub

Depending on context, synonyms include bath, bathtub, tubful, vat.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bath, bathtub, vat, bucket, pail, bathwater.

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