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• Tub — may refer to: * A large round container without a lid used for washing clothes in, growing plants in, etc. * A small wide, plastic or paper food container, typically with a lid. * A bath or Bathtub (AmE) a plumbing fixture for bathing. * Citroën… …   Wikipedia

• Tub — Tub, n. [OE. tubbe; of Dutch or Low German origin; cf. LG. tubbe, D. tobbe.] 1. 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. [1913 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Tub fast — Tub Tub, n. [OE. tubbe; of Dutch or Low German origin; cf. LG. tubbe, D. tobbe.] 1. 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 Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Tub wheel — Tub Tub, n. [OE. tubbe; of Dutch or Low German origin; cf. LG. tubbe, D. tobbe.] 1. 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 Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Tub boat lift — Tub boats are small boats used to transport coal and other minerals, sometimes working singly, sometimes in long trains. When it is required to move them between different elevations of canal, locks, boat lifts and inclined planes have all been… …   Wikipedia

• tub — [tʌb] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(container)¦ 2¦(amount)¦ 3¦(bath)¦ 4¦(boat)¦ 5¦(person)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; : Middle Dutch; Origin: tubbe] 1.) ¦(CONTAINER)¦ a) a small co …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• tub — [ tʌb ] noun count ▸ 1 bathtub ▸ 2 container ▸ 3 amount a tub contains ▸ 4 short fat person ▸ 5 old boat 1. ) a BATHTUB: get/jump in the tub (=take a bath): Do I have time to get in the tub before we leave? 2. ) a small container with a lid for… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Tub boat — Tub boats were a type of unpowered cargo boat used on a number of the early English [ [http://www.mda.org.uk/waterw/alphat.htm#1126 List of tub boat canals] ] and Germancite book |last= Uhlemann|first= Hans Joachim|title= Canal lifts and inclines …   Wikipedia

• tub — [tub] n. [ME tubbe < MDu; akin to MLowG tobbe, EFris tubbe] 1. a) a round, broad, open, wooden container, usually formed of staves and hoops fastened around a flat bottom b) any similarly large, open container of metal, stone, etc., as for… …   English World dictionary

• tub — ► NOUN 1) a low, wide, open container with a flat bottom. 2) a small lidded plastic or cardboard container for food. 3) informal, chiefly N. Amer. a bath. 4) informal, derogatory a short, broad boat that handles awkwardly. ORIGIN probably Low… …   English terms dictionary

• tub — UK [tʌb] / US noun [countable] Word forms tub : singular tub plural tubs 1) a) a small container with a lid for holding or storing food ice cream tubs tub of: a tub of buttered popcorn b) a large round container made of wood, metal, or plastic… …   English dictionary