tub

A2 · Elementary Countable noun American English

n. a large container that you fill with water to wash your body.

n. a large fixed or portable vessel used for bathing the entire body.

“After a long day of hiking, he just wanted to soak in a hot tub.”

“The master bathroom features a deep soaking tub carved from a single block of marble.”

C1 · Advanced Countable noun nautical Informal · Humorous

n. a slow or old boat that is difficult to move.

n. an informal, often derogatory term for a slow-moving or clumsy nautical vessel.

“I cannot believe we have to cross the lake in this old tub.”

“The sailors joked that the rusty tub would likely sink before it even cleared the harbour wall.”

C2 · Proficiency Countable noun Science Technical

n. a box or bucket used to carry coal or rocks up from a mine.

n. a container or bucket used in mining for transporting ore or coal up a shaft.

“The miners loaded the tub with coal to be pulled to the surface.”

“The mechanical winch groaned as it hoisted the heavy tub of iron ore from the depths of the mine shaft.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate Informal

v. to wash yourself in a bathtub.

v. to wash or bathe in a tub; used both transitively and intransitively.

“It is time to tub the kids before they go to bed.”

“In the era before modern plumbing, the family would tub in the kitchen using water heated on the stove.”