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tub

tub
T t

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [tuhb]
    • /tʌb/
    • /tʌb/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [tuhb]
    • /tʌb/

Definitions of tub word

  • noun tub a bathtub. 1
  • noun tub a broad, round, open, wooden container, usually made of staves held together by hoops and fitted around a flat bottom. 1
  • noun tub any of various containers resembling or suggesting a tub: a tub for washing clothes. 1
  • noun tub the amount a tub will hold. 1
  • noun tub Informal. a short and fat person. 1
  • noun tub Nautical. an old, slow, or clumsy vessel. 1

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Origin of tub

First appearance:

before 1350
One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English tubbe (noun) < Middle Dutch tobbe; cognate with Middle Low German tubbe, tobbe

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Tub

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

tub popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

tub usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for tub

noun tub

  • alembic — an obsolete type of retort used for distillation
  • automobile — An automobile is a car.
  • barrel — A barrel is a large, round container for liquids or food.
  • basin — A basin is a large or deep bowl that you use for holding liquids, or for mixing or storing food.
  • bateau — a light flat-bottomed boat used on rivers in Canada and the northern US

verb tub

  • bathe — If you bathe in a sea, river, or lake, you swim, play, or wash yourself in it. Birds and animals can also bathe.
  • clean up — If you clean up a mess or clean up a place where there is a mess, you make things tidy and free of dirt again.
  • do the dishes — do the washing up, wash the dishes
  • hosed — a flexible tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a desired point: a garden hose; a fire hose.
  • hosing — an act or instance of being taken advantage of or cheated.

Top questions with tub

  • how to unclog a tub?
  • how to move a hot tub?
  • how to caulk a tub?
  • how to remove tub drain?
  • how to clean a jet tub?
  • how to remove rust stains from tub?
  • how to clean a hot tub?
  • how much does a hot tub cost?
  • how to drain a hot tub?
  • how long does a hot tub take to heat up?
  • how to clean jet tub?
  • how much electricity does a hot tub use?
  • how much is a hot tub?
  • how to clean a jetted tub?
  • how to fix a leaky tub faucet?

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