Tub


noun
1.
a bathtub.
2.
a broad, round, open, wooden container, usually made of staves held together by hoops and fitted around a flat bottom.
3.
any of various containers resembling or suggesting a tub:
a tub for washing clothes.
4.
the amount a tub will hold.
5.
Informal. a short and fat person.
6.
Nautical. an old, slow, or clumsy vessel.
7.
British Informal. a bath in a bathtub.
8.
Mining. an ore car; tram.
9.
Military Slang. a two-seat aircraft, especially a trainer.
verb (used with object), tubbed, tubbing.
10.
to place or keep in a tub.
11.
British Informal. to bathe in a bathtub.
verb (used without object), tubbed, tubbing.
12.
British Informal. to bathe oneself in a bathtub.
13.
Informal. to undergo washing, especially without damage, as a fabric:
This cotton print tubs well.
noun
1.
a low wide open container, typically round, originally one made of wood and used esp for washing: now made of wood, plastic, metal, etc, and used in a variety of domestic and industrial situations
2.
a small plastic or cardboard container of similar shape for ice cream, margarine, etc
3.
Also called bathtub another word (esp US and Canadian) for bath1 (sense 1)
4.
Also called tubful. the amount a tub will hold
5.
a clumsy slow boat or ship
6.
(informal) (in rowing) a heavy wide boat used for training novice oarsmen
7.
Also called tram, hutch

a small vehicle on rails for carrying loads in a mine
a container for lifting coal or ore up a mine shaft; skip

verb tubs, tubbing, tubbed
8.
(Brit, informal) to wash (oneself or another) in a tub
9.
(transitive) to keep or put in a tub
try it on for size

Technische Universita’t Berlin. (Berlin technical university).

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