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Definition or meaning of the English word Tub
A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft; -- so called by miners. (n.). An open wooden vessel formed with staves; bottom; and hoops; a kind of short cask; half barrel; or firkin; usually with but one head; -- used for various purposes. (n.). The amount which a tub contains; as a measure of quantity; as; a tub of butter; a tub of camphor; which is about 1 cwt.; etc. (n.). Any structure shaped like a tub: as; a certain old form of pulpit; a short; broad boat; etc.; -- often used jocosely or opprobriously. (n.). A sweating in a tub; a tub fast. (n.). A small cask; as; a tub of gin. (n.). To plant or set in a tub; as; to tub a plant. (v. t.). To make use of a bathing tub; to lie or be in a bath; to bathe. (i.). |
