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Meaning of 'tub' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Tub [ i.]
- To make use of a bathing tub; to lie or be in a bath; to bathe.
2 . 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.
3 . Tub [ v. t.]
- To plant or set in a tub; as, to tub a plant.

Meaning of 'tub' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . tub [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the amount that a tub will hold
Example in sentence:
  • a tub of water

Nearby Words:

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