tub
A flat-bottomed vessel, of width similar to or greater than its height, used for storing or packing things, or for washing things in.
Example
“He bought a tub of lard to roast the potatoes in.”
Other meanings
The contents or capacity of such a vessel.
“She added a tub of margarine to the stew.”
Any of various historically designated quantities of goods to be sold by the tub (butter, oysters, etc).
A kind of
- vessel
Related words
- leachtub
- swilltub
- tubbable
- tubber
- tubbish
- tubfast
- tubful
- tubless
- tublet
- tublike
- tubmaker
- tubmaking
Word history
From Middle Low German "tubbe".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “tub” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.