tub

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /tʌb/
• Rhymes: -ʌb

Noun

tub (plural tubs)

1. A flat-bottomed vessel, of width similar to or greater than its height, used for storing or packing things, or for washing things in.

   He bought a tub of lard to roast the potatoes in.

2. The contents or capacity of such a vessel.

   He added a tub of margarine to the stew.

3. A bathtub.
4. (nautical, informal) A slow-moving craft.

Derived terms

• bathtub
• hot tub
• tubby

Translations

broad, flat-bottomed vessel

Finnish: saavi (fi) French: bassine (fr) f. German: Bottich (de) m. Hungarian: kád (hu)

Italian: tinozza (it) f., vaschetta (it) f. Latvian: kubls (lv) m. Norwegian: kar (no) n.

contents or capacity of such a vessel

Finnish: saavillinen (fi)

Latvian: kubls (lv) m.

bathtub — see bathtub

slow-moving craft

Finnish: amme (fi), ruuhi (fi) French: rafiot (fr) f.

Italian: bagnarola (it) f.

Verb

tub (third-person singular simple present tubs, present participle tubbing, simple past and past participle tubbed)

1. To pack or store something in a tub.
2. To bathe.

   Don't we all tub in England? — London Spectator.

Anagrams

• BTU
• but

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”).

Noun

tub m. (plural tubs)

1. tube

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Lojban

Rafsi

tub

1. Rafsi of tunba.

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [tub]

Noun

tub n. (plural tuburi)

1. tube

Declension

declension of tub

	singular		plural
gender n.	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un tub	tubul	niște tuburi	tuburile
genitive/dative	unui tub	tubului	unor tuburi	tuburilor