Meaning

11 senses
  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.

    Dose, Kübel, Bottich

    ка́дкаkádka, бадья́badʹjá, уша́тušát

  2. The contents or capacity of such a vessel.

    She added a tub of margarine to the stew.

  3. A bathtub.

  4. (informal)A slow-moving craft.

    посудинаposudina

  5. (derogatory, humorous)Any structure shaped like a tub, such as a certain old form of pulpit, a short broad boat, etc.

  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. A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft.

  9. (slang)A corpulent or obese person.

  10. The bare body shell of an automobile (minus the doors, hood, trunk lid, fenders, etc.) which is lowered onto the chassis at the time of assembly, or in the case of modern unibody designed vehicles, is itself a monocoque around which the rest of the vehicle is built.

  11. (obsolete)A sweating in a tub; a tub fast.

    the amount that a tub will hold

Examples

111 sentences
  1. Tom filled the tub with water.

    Том наповнив ванну водою. — Ahha

    ruТом наполнил ванну водой. — marafon

    deTom füllte die Badewanne mit Wasser. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. There's no water in the tub.

    ruВ ванной нет воды. — marafon

    deEs ist kein Wasser in der Wanne. — raggione

  3. Tom is in the hot tub, singing.

  4. Tom filled the tub with hot water.

  5. Tom stood up and got out of the tub.

    ruТом встал и вылез из ванны. — marafon

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
broad, flat-bottomed vessel:
slow-moving craft:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
broad, flat-bottomed vessel:

Origin

From Middle English tubbe, tobbe, from Middle Dutch tubbe or Middle Low German tubbe, tobb

From Middle English tubbe, tobbe, from Middle Dutch tubbe or Middle Low German tubbe, tobbe, further etymology unknown. Considered to be unrelated to tube.

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Forms

plural: tubs
Singulartub
Pluraltubs

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids:vat
  • the amount that a tub will hold:tubful
  • a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body:bathtubbathing tub

Word family

38 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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