a low wide open container, typically round, originally one made of wood and used esp for washing: now made of wood, plastic, metal, etc, and used in a variety of domestic and industrial situations
2.
a small plastic or cardboard container of similar shape for ice cream, margarine, etc
3. Also called: bathtub. another word (esp US and Canadian) for bath1 (sense 1)
4. Also called: tubful
the amount a tub will hold
5.
a clumsy slow boat or ship
6. informal
(in rowing) a heavy wide boat used for training novice oarsmen
7. Also called: tram, hutch
a.
a small vehicle on rails for carrying loads in a mine
b.
a container for lifting coal or ore up a mine shaft; skip
verbWord forms: tubs, tubbing or tubbed
8. British informal
to wash (oneself or another) in a tub
9. (transitive)
to keep or put in a tub
Derived forms
tubbable (ˈtubbable)
adjective
tubber (ˈtubber)
noun
Word origin
C14: from Middle Dutch tubbe
Examples of 'tubful' in a sentence
tubful
A tubful works well enough, but needs regular replanting.