tub
pronunciation
How to pronounce tub in British English:
UK [tʌb]
How to pronounce tub in American English:
US [tʌb]
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- Noun:
- a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body
- a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids
- the amount that a tub will hold
Word Origin
- tub (n.)
- "open wooden vessel made of staves," late 14c., from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch, or Middle Flemish tubbe, of uncertain origin. Related to Old High German zubar "vessel with two handles, wine vessel," German Zuber. Considered to be unrelated to Latin tubus (see tube (n.)); one theory connects it to the root of two based on the number of handles. Also 17c. slang for "pulpit;" hence tub-thumper (1660s) "speaker or preacher who thumps the pulpit for emphasis."
Example
- 1. I sat on the tub and triedto comfort her .
- 2. The bath tub is large enough for two people .
- 3. Second , leave your dirty shirt at the tub .
- 4. He had some kind of metal tub .
- 5. Almost every day cass arrived when I was in the tub .