Word Meaning

tub definition and meaning

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.
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.
n. Any structure shaped like a tub: as, a certain old form of pulpit; a short, broad boat, etc., -- often used jocosely or opprobriously.
n. A sweating in a tub; a tub fast.
n. A small cask; as, a tub of gin.
n. A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft; -- so called by miners.
v. t. To plant or set in a tub; as, to tub a plant.
i. To make use of a bathing tub; to lie or be in a bath; to bathe.

Crossword clues for tub

- Bath
- Bathing aid
- But it’s back to the bath
- But overturned the barrel
- Butter holder
- Container
- Has but to return the container
- Ice cream container to bathe in?
- Ice-cream container to bathe Ill?
- Large planter pot
- Large vessel
- Pot had no role in trouble
- Rickety ship
- Spa, hot ...
- Vat used for washing but was returned
- Washing vat
- Water holder
- Yogurt pot