Canadian English Meaning of tub

Tub

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Definitions and Meaning of tub in English

Wordnet

tub (n)

a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body

a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids

the amount that a tub will hold

Webster

tub (n.)

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.

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.

Any structure shaped like a tub: as, a certain old form of pulpit; a short, broad boat, etc., -- often used jocosely or opprobriously.

A sweating in a tub; a tub fast.

A small cask; as, a tub of gin.

A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft; -- so called by miners.

Webster

tub (v. t.)

To plant or set in a tub; as, to tub a plant.

Webster

tub (i.)

To make use of a bathing tub; to lie or be in a bath; to bathe.

FAQs About the word tub

Tub

a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body, a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids, the amount that a tub w

cistern,GST,cask,Drum,keg,pipe,scuttlebutt,barrel,can,firkin

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