Etymology : Middle English tubbe, from Middle Dutch; akin to Middle Low German tubbe tub
Pronunciation : t&b
Function : noun
Date : 14th century
1. bathtub; bowl, basin; object resembling a basin; volume that can be held by a tub; old or slow boat; band on a mast for attaching certain nautical equipment (Nautical); short and fat person (Slang). tub\tub\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. tubbed ; p. pr. & vb. n. tubbing.] to plant or set in a tub; as, to tub a plant.tub \tub\, i. to make use of a bathing tub; to lie or be in a bath; to bathe. [colloq.] don't we all tub in england ?tub \tub\ , n. [oe. tubbe; of dutch or low german origin; cf. lg. tubbe, d. tobbe.].
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. any structure shaped like a tub: as, a certain old form of pulpit; a short, broad boat, etc., -- often used jocosely or opprobriously. all being took up and busied, some in pulpits and some in tubs, in the grand work of preaching and holding forth.
5. a sweating in a tub; a tub fast. [obs.].
6. a small cask; as, a tub of gin.
7. a box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft; -- so called by miners.tub fast, an old mode of treatment for the venereal disease, by sweating in a close place, or tub, and fasting. [obs.]tub wheel, a horizontal water wheel, usually in the form of a short cylinder, to the circumference of which spiral vanes or floats, placed radially, are attached, turned by the impact of one or more streams of water, conducted so as to strike against the floats in the direction of a tangent to the cylinder.tub n.
8. a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body [syn: bathtub, bathing tub, bath].
9. a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids [syn: vat].
10. the amount that a tub will hold; "a tub of water" [syn: tubful].
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. Any structure shaped like a tub: as, a certain old form of pulpit; a short, broad boat, etc., often used jocosely or opprobriously.
14. A sweating in a tub; a tub fast.
15. A small cask; as, a tub of gin.
16. A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft; so called by miners.
17. To plant or set in a tub; as, to tub a plant.
18. To make use of a bathing tub; to lie or be in a bath; to bathe. a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids the amount that a tub will hold; "a tub of water".
19. 1. A tub is a deep container of any size. He peeled the paper top off a little white tub and poured the cream into his coffee A tub of something is the amount of it contained in a tub. She would eat four tubs of ice cream in one sitting.
20. A tub is the same as a bathtub. She lay back in the tub. = bath see also:
hot tub.
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