- a bathtub.
- a broad, round, open, wooden container, usually made of staves held together by hoops and fitted around a flat bottom.
- any of various containers resembling or suggesting a tub: a tub for washing clothes.
- the amount a tub will hold.
- a short and fat person.
- an old, slow, or clumsy vessel.
- a bath in a bathtub.
- an ore car; tram.
- a two-seat aircraft, especially a trainer.
- to place or keep in a tub.
- to bathe in a bathtub.
- to bathe oneself in a bathtub.
- to undergo washing, especially without damage, as a fabric: This cotton print tubs well.
- a low wide open container, typically round, originally one made of wood and used esp for washing: now made of wood, plastic, metal, etc, and used in a variety of domestic and industrial situations
- a small plastic or cardboard container of similar shape for ice cream, margarine, etc
- Also called: bathtub another word (esp US and Canadian) for bath 1 (def. 1)
- the amount a tub will hold
- a clumsy slow boat or ship
- (in rowing) a heavy wide boat used for training novice oarsmen
- Also called: tram, hutch
- a small vehicle on rails for carrying loads in a mine
- a container for lifting coal or ore up a mine shaft; skip
- to wash (oneself or another) in a tub
- to keep or put in a tub
