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tub
A flat-bottomed vessel, of width similar to or greater than its height, used for storing or packing things, or for washing things in.
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noun
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.”
The contents or capacity of such a vessel.
“She added a tub of margarine to the stew.”
A bathtub.
A slow-moving craft.
Any structure shaped like a tub, such as a certain old form of pulpit, a short broad boat, etc.
A small cask.
“a tub of gin”
Any of various historically designated quantities of goods to be sold by the tub (butter, oysters, etc).
A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft.
A sweating in a tub; a tub fast.
A corpulent or obese person.
verb
To plant, set, or store in a tub.
“to tub a plant”
To bathe in a tub.
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He bought a tub of lard to roast the potatoes in.
She added a tub of margarine to the stew.
a tub of gin
to tub a plant