tub
Pronunciation: (tub), [key]
— n., v., tubbed, tub•bing.
—n.
- 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, esp. a trainer.
—v.t.
- to place or keep in a tub.
- to bathe in a bathtub.
—v.i.
- to bathe oneself in a bathtub.
- to undergo washing, esp. without damage, as a fabric: This cotton print tubs well.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.