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tub

[tuhb] noun, verb, tubbed, tub⋅bing.
–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


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.

  1. 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.
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Word Origin & History

tub 
"open wooden vessel," c.1386, from M.L.G., M.Du., or M.Flem. tubbe, of uncertain origin. Related to O.H.G. zubar "vessel with two handles, wine vessel," Ger. Zuber. Considered to be unrelated to L. tubus (see tube); one theory connects it to the root of two based on the number of handles. Also 17c. slang for "pulpit;" hence tub-thumper (1662) "speaker or preacher who thumps the pulpit for emphasis."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

TUB
Technische Universita't Berlin. (Berlin technical university).

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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