tub

English

Etymology

From Middle Dutch, or Middle Low German tubbe, further etymology unknown. Considered to be unrelated to tube[1].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /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.
Tub of cottage cheese, lid, and lidding film
  1. 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.
  5. (humorous or derogatory) Any structure shaped like a tub, such as a certain old form of pulpit, a short broad boat, etc.
    • South
      All being took up and busied, some in pulpits and some in tubs, in the grand work of preaching and holding forth.
  6. A small cask.
    a tub of gin
  7. Any of various historically designated quantities of goods to be sold by the tub (butter, oysters, etc).
  8. (mining) A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft.
  9. (obsolete) A sweating in a tub; a tub fast.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
  10. (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.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To plant, set, or store in a tub.
    to tub a plant
  2. (intransitive) To bathe.
    • London Spectator
      Don't we all tub in England?

References

Further reading

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”).

Pronunciation

Noun

tub m (plural tubs)

  1. tube

Further reading

Juba Arabic

Noun

tub

  1. brick

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tub]

Noun

tub n (plural tuburi)

  1. tube

Declension

White Hmong

Noun

tub

  1. son

References

  • Ernest E. Heimbach, White Hmong - English Dictionary (1979, SEAP Publications)
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