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   tub

   /tʌb/

   noun

   • 1. a wide, open, deep, typically round container with a flat bottom used for holding liquids, growing plants, etc.: "a rainwater tub" Similar containerbuttbarrelcaskdrumkegrare:kid
   • ▪ a small plastic or cardboard container in which food is bought or stored: "a margarine tub" Similar potcarton
   • ▪ the contents of a tub or the amount it can contain: "she ate a tub of yogurt"
   • ▪ a washtub.
   • ▪ a bath: informal North American "a soak in the tub" Similar bathbathtubhot tub
   • ▪ a container for conveying ore, coal, etc.: "they are loading the coal into tubs for transportation"
   • 2. a short, broad boat that handles awkwardly: informal, derogatory "the old tub's in need of a refit"

   verb

   • 1. plant in a tub: "plant them in drifts at the front of your borders, tub them, fill a window box with them: they go anywhere"
   • 2. wash or bathe (someone or something) in or as in a tub or bath: dated "even your formal evening gown can be tubbed"
   • ▪ have a bath: informal British "she's revolting—she doesn't tub"

   Word Origin Middle English: probably of Low German or Dutch origin; compare with Middle Low German, Middle Dutch tubbe.

   Derivatives

   • 1. tubful noun

   Scrabble Points: 5

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