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   Tub

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   noun

   • 1. a wide, open, deep, typically round container with a flat bottom used for holding liquids, growing plants, etc.: "hydrangeas in a patio tub" Similar containerbuttbarrelcaskdrumkegrare:kid
   • ▪ a small round plastic or cardboard container with a flat bottom in which food is bought or stored: "a margarine tub" Similar potcarton
   • ▪ the contents of a tub or the amount it can contain: "she ate a tub of yogurt"
   • ▪ a washtub.
   • ▪ a bathtub: informal North American "a soak in the tub" Similar bathbathtubhot tub
   • ▪ a container for conveying ore, coal, etc.: "they are loading the coal into tubs for transportation"
   • 2. an old, awkward, or run-down vessel: informal, derogatory "the old tub's in need of a refit"

   verb

   • 1. plant in a tub: "plant them in drifts at the front of your borders, tub them, fill a window box with them: they go anywhere"
   • 2. wash or bathe (someone or something) in or as in a tub or bath: dated "even your formal evening gown can be tubbed"
   • ▪ take a bath: informal British "she's revolting—she doesn't tub"

   Word Origin Middle English: probably of Low German or Dutch origin; compare with Middle Low German, Middle Dutch tubbe.

   Derivatives

   • 1. tubful noun

   Scrabble Points: 5

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   What does a tub mean?

   • A tub is a wide, open container. You might have a tub of butter in your fridge, but if your mom tells you to hop in the tub, stay out of the kitchen. She means it's time for a bath. Tub is an informal word for bathtub, the fixture in your bathroom that can be filled with water and bathed in.

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   What does a bathtub mean?

   • 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.

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   What is a tub container?

   • Get a quick, free translation! TUB definition: 1. a large, round container with a flat base and an open top: 2. a small plastic container with a…. Learn more.

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   What does tub mean in a sentence?

   • Blossom Word Game Pick the best words! Spelling Bee Quiz Can you outdo past winners of the National Spelli... The meaning of TUB is a small round container in which a product is sold. How to use tub in a sentence.

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   noun. a bathtub. a broad, round, open, wooden container, usually made of staves held together by hoops and fitted around a flat bottom. any of various containers resembling or suggesting a tub: a tub for washing clothes. the amount a tub will hold.

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   A tub is a wide, open container. You might have a tub of butter in your fridge, but if your mom tells you to hop in the tub, stay out of the kitchen. She means it's time for a bath. Tub is an informal word for bathtub, the fixture in your bathroom that can be filled with water and bathed in.

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    any of various containers resembling or suggesting a tub: a tub for washing clothes.