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tub

  [tuhb] noun, verb, tubbed, tub⋅bing.
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–noun
1. a bathtub.
2. a broad, round, open, wooden container, usually made of staves held together by hoops and fitted around a flat bottom.
3. any of various containers resembling or suggesting a tub: a tub for washing clothes.
4. the amount a tub will hold.
5. Informal. a short and fat person.
6. Nautical. an old, slow, or clumsy vessel.
7. British Informal. a bath in a bathtub.
8. Mining. an ore car; tram.
9. Military Slang. a two-seat aircraft, esp. a trainer.
–verb (used with object)
10. to place or keep in a tub.
11. British Informal. to bathe in a bathtub.
–verb (used without object)
12. British Informal. to bathe oneself in a bathtub.
13. Informal. to undergo washing, esp. without damage, as a fabric: This cotton print tubs well.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME tubbe (n.) < MD tobbe; c. MLG tubbe, tobbe

Related forms:
tub⋅ba⋅ble, adjective
tubber, noun
tublike, adjective
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tub   (tŭb)   
n.  
    1. An open, flat-bottomed vessel, usually round and typically wider than it is deep, used for washing, packing, or storing.
    2. The amount that such a vessel can hold.
    3. The contents of such a vessel.
    4. A bathtub.
    5. Informal A bath taken in a bathtub.
    6. A bucket used for conveying ore or coal up a mine shaft.
    7. A coal car used in a mine.
    1. A bathtub.
    2. Informal A bath taken in a bathtub.
    3. A bucket used for conveying ore or coal up a mine shaft.
    4. A coal car used in a mine.
  3. Informal A wide, clumsy, slow-moving boat.
    1. A bucket used for conveying ore or coal up a mine shaft.
    2. A coal car used in a mine.
v.   tubbed, tub·bing, tubs

v.   tr.
  1. To pack or store in a tub.
  2. To wash or bathe in a tub.
v.   intr.
To take a bath.

[Middle English, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German tubbe.]
tub'ba·ble adj., tub'ber n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Tubbing

Tub"bing\, n. 1. The forming of a tub; also, collectively, materials for tubs.

2. A lining of timber or metal around the shaft of a mine; especially, a series of cast-iron cylinders bolted together, used to enable those who sink a shaft to penetrate quicksand, water, etc., with safety.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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