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tub

DEFINITIONS OF: tub

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n a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body

Synonyms:
bath, bathing tub, bathtub
Types:
footbath
a small bathtub for warming or washing or disinfecting the feet
hot tub
a very large tub (large enough for more than one bather) filled with hot water
hip bath, sitz bath
a bathtub in which your buttocks and hips are immersed as if you were sitting in a chair and you bathe in a sitting position
Type of:
vessel
an object used as a container (especially for liquids)

n a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids

Synonyms:
vat
Types:
washtub
a tub in which clothes or linens can be washed
Type of:
vessel
an object used as a container (especially for liquids)

n the amount that a tub will hold

“a tub of water”
Synonyms:
tubful
Type of:
containerful
the quantity that a container will hold
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