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The Meaning of tub
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(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.
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(n.) 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.
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(n.) Any structure shaped like a tub: as, a certain old form of pulpit; a short, broad boat, etc., -- often used jocosely or opprobriously.
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(n.) A sweating in a tub; a tub fast.
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(n.) A small cask; as, a tub of gin.
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(n.) A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft; -- so called by miners.
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(v. t.) To plant or set in a tub; as, to tub a plant.
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(i.) To make use of a bathing tub; to lie or be in a bath; to bathe.
Synonyms
bathtub
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bathing tub
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bath
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vat
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tubful
Homophones
tubb
Rhymes
bub
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bubb
,
chubb
,
club
,
clubb
,
cub
,
drub
,
dub
,
grub
,
grubb
,
hub
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jubb
,
nightclub
,
nub
,
pub
,
rub
,
scrub
,
shrub
,
snub
,
squib
,
strub
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strubbe
,
stub
,
stubbe
,
sub
,
tubb
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washtub