tub

Meanings

Plural: tubs

Noun

• a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body
• a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids
• the amount that a tub will hold
  • "a tub of water"
• A flat-bottomed vessel, of width similar to or greater than its height, used for storing or packing things, or for washing things in.
• The contents or capacity of such a vessel.
• 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.
• 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.
• The bare body shell of an automobile (minus the doors, hood, trunk lid, fenders, etc.) which is lowered onto the chassis at the time of assembly, or in the case of modern unibody designed vehicles, is itself a monocoque around which the rest of the vehicle is built.

Verb

• To plant, set, or store in a tub.
• To bathe in a tub.

Synonyms

bath, bathing tub, bathtub, tubful, vat