tub
/tʌb/
noun
- A large, round, open container used for washing, storing, or holding things.
- The gardener used a plastic tub to collect rainwater.
- She filled the tub with warm water for a relaxing bath.
- We bought a tub of ice cream for the party.
- A bathtub.
- After a long hike, he soaked in the tub for an hour.
- She added bubbles to the tub before getting in.
- The old house had a claw-foot tub in the bathroom.
- A container and its contents, often used as a unit of measure.
- The recipe calls for one tub of yogurt.
- He ate a whole tub of popcorn during the movie.
- She bought a tub of margarine at the store.
- A short, broad, clumsy boat.
- That rusty tub isn't safe for sailing.
- The old fishing tub barely made it back to shore.
- They crossed the lake in a leaky wooden tub.
verb
- To wash or bathe in a tub.
- After gardening, he likes to tub in cool water.
- They used to tub their clothes in a metal basin.
- She tubs the baby every evening before bed.
- To plant or store something in a tub.
- They tubbed the leftover paint to keep it fresh.
- She tubs her herbs on the balcony every spring.
- We tubbed the small trees for the winter.