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tub
English
Etymology
From Middle English tubbe, tobbe, from Middle Dutch tubbe or Middle Low German tubbe, tobbe, further etymology unknown. Considered to be unrelated to tube.
Pronunciation
- enPR: t?b, IPA(key): /t?b/
- Rhymes: -?b
Noun
tub (plural tubs)
- A flat-bottomed vessel, of width similar to or greater than its height, used for storing or packing things, or for washing things in.
- The contents or capacity of such a vessel.
- A bathtub.
- 1920, Theodore Sharpe, My Place in the Shade: And Various Verse (page 27)
- Teach me to love my morning tub, / In waters cold to splash and rub; / O, grant my Turkish towel may flood / Its virtues through my soul and blood.
- 1920, Theodore Sharpe, My Place in the Shade: And Various Verse (page 27)
- (nautical, informal) A slow-moving craft.
- (humorous or derogatory) Any structure shaped like a tub, such as a certain old form of pulpit, a short broad boat, etc.
- All being took up and busied, some in pulpits and some in tubs, in the grand work of preaching and holding forth.
- A small cask.
- Any of various historically designated quantities of goods to be sold by the tub (butter, oysters, etc).
- (mining) A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft.
- (obsolete) A sweating in a tub; a tub fast.
- (slang) A corpulent or obese person.
- 2003, Trey Ellis, Platitudes: & the New Black Aesthetic (page 139)
- Donald tells him to be more realistic. Take those two girls over there, for example. One's a zitface and the other's a tub, so they'd be perfect for them.
- 2003, Trey Ellis, Platitudes: & the New Black Aesthetic (page 139)
Derived terms
- bathtub
- hot tub
- powdering tub
- tub-fast
- tubby
Translations
Verb
tub (third-person singular simple present tubs, present participle tubbing, simple past and past participle tubbed)
- (transitive) To plant, set, or store in a tub.
- (transitive, intransitive) To bathe in a tub.
- February 1, 1873, Meredith Townsend and Richard Holt Hutton (editors), "Change of Air and Scene", in The Spectator
- Don't we all "tub" in England?
- February 1, 1873, Meredith Townsend and Richard Holt Hutton (editors), "Change of Air and Scene", in The Spectator
References
Further reading
- tub on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- BTU, TBU, but, but-
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?tup/
Noun
tub m (plural tubs)
- tube
Related terms
- tubular
Further reading
- “tub” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Juba Arabic
Noun
tub
- brick
Kavalan
Noun
tub
- lid
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French tube, Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tub]
Noun
tub n (plural tuburi)
- tube
Declension
White Hmong
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tu?/
Noun
tub
- son
References
- Ernest E. Heimbach, White Hmong - English Dictionary (1979, SEAP Publications)
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tubless
English
Etymology
tub +? -less
Adjective
tubless (not comparable)
- Without a tub.
Anagrams
- bustles, sublets
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