tub

tub
tub [tub]
n.
[ME tubbe < MDu; akin to MLowG tobbe, EFris tubbe]
1.
a) a round, broad, open, wooden container, usually formed of staves and hoops fastened around a flat bottom
b) any similarly large, open container of metal, stone, etc., as for washing
c) a small, round container [a tub of margarine]
d) as much as a tub will hold
2. a bucket or tram for carrying coal, ore, etc. in a mine
3.
a) short for BATHTUB
b) [Brit. Informal] a bath in a tub
4. Informal a slow-moving, clumsy ship or boat
vt., vi.
tubbed, tubbing
1. Informal to wash in a tub
2. [Brit. Informal] to bathe (oneself)
tubbable
adj.
tubber
n.

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