different between trub vs trug

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German trüb, from Old High German truobi, from Proto-Germanic *dr?buz (English droff (“turbid, sorrowful, sad”)), cognate with Dutch droef (“sad, miserable”).

Noun

trub (plural trubs)

1. (brewing, uncountable) The layer of sediment that appears at the bottom of the fermenter after yeast has completed the bulk of the fermentation.
2. (obsolete) A truffle.

Related terms

• droff

Translations

Anagrams

• Burt, brut

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?trup]

Noun

trub f

1. genitive plural of trouba

English

Etymology

Compare trough.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t???/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

trug (plural trugs)

1. (chiefly Britain) A shallow, oval basket used for gardening
2. (obsolete) A trough or tray.
3. (obsolete) A hod for mortar.
4. (obsolete) An old measure of wheat equal to two thirds of a bushel.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Bailey to this entry?)

5. (obsolete) A concubine; a harlot.
   • 1630, John Taylor, "The World Runs on Wheels", in All the Workes of John Taylor the Water Poet

     the Tobacco seller, with their companion Trugs, must be coached to […] many other places, like wild haggards prancing up and down

Translations

Anagrams

• GURT, gurt, turg

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse trog.

Noun

trug n (singular definite truget, plural indefinite trug)

1. trough

Inflection

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tru?k/, [t?u?k] (standard)
  • Rhymes: -u?k
• IPA^(key): /tru?x/ (northern and central Germany; now chiefly colloquial)
• Homophone: Trug (but /x/ is less common in this, so some speakers may distinguish)

Verb

trug

1. first/third-person singular past indicative of tragen

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

trug m (definite singular trugen, indefinite plural trugar, definite plural trugane)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by truge f