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Dictionary: tub   (tŭb) pronunciation
n.
    1. An open, flat-bottomed vessel, usually round and typically wider than it is deep, used for washing, packing, or storing.
    2. The amount that such a vessel can hold.
    3. The contents of such a vessel.
    1. A bathtub.
    2. Informal. A bath taken in a bathtub.
  1. Informal. A wide, clumsy, slow-moving boat.
    1. A bucket used for conveying ore or coal up a mine shaft.
    2. A coal car used in a mine.

v., tubbed, tub·bing, tubs.

v.tr.
  1. To pack or store in a tub.
  2. To wash or bathe in a tub.
v.intr.
To take a bath.

[Middle English, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German tubbe.]

tubbable tub'ba·ble adj.
tubber tub'ber n.

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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body
  Synonyms: bathtub, bathing tub, bath

Meaning #2: a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids
  Synonym: vat

Meaning #3: the amount that a tub will hold
  Synonym: tubful


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - balje, bøtte, bæger, pæreskude, badekar, tyksak
v. tr. - bade, sætte i balje, vaske
v. intr. - tage et bad

Nederlands (Dutch)
vat, (bad)teil

Français (French)
n. - bac, pot, pot (de), (US) baignoire, rafiot (fam)
v. tr. - mettre/ranger dans un pot, laver/baigner dans une baignoire
v. intr. - prendre un bain

Deutsch (German)
n. - Bottich, Kübel, Becher, Wanne, (ugs.) Bad, (ugs.) plumpes Schiff, Übungsruderboot, Förderkorb/-wagen
v. - baden, in ein Faß füllen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μπανιέρα, κεσές, κάδος, μαστέλο, βούτα, σκάφη, λεκάνη, (ναυτ.) σαπιοκάραβο, σκυλοπνίχτης
v. - πλένω/-ομαι σε σκάφη ή μπανιέρα, τοποθετώ σε κεσέ ή λεκάνη

Italiano (Italian)
vasca

Português (Portuguese)
n. - tina de madeira (f), barril (m), banheira (f)
v. - lavar-se em banheira, treinar-se

Русский (Russian)
ванна, лохань, ушат

Español (Spanish)
n. - tina, cubo, bañera
v. tr. - poner en tina, lavar o bañar en tina
v. intr. - bañarse

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - balja, bytta, tunna, (bad)kar, gammal båt, skorv (vard.), tjockis, tunna, (glass)bägare
v. - lägga (förvara) i en balja, plantera i tunna (kruka), tvätta, bada (vard.), bada, tvätta sig, ta sig ett bad (vard.)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
桶, 浴盆, 装入桶, 洗澡, 洗盆浴, 被放在桶里洗

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 桶, 浴盆
v. tr. - 裝入桶, 洗澡
v. intr. - 洗盆浴, 被放在桶裡洗

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 통, 욕조, 작은 배
v. tr. - 목욕시키다, 통에 넣다
v. intr. - 목욕하다, 세탁이 잘 되다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 桶, たらい, おけ一杯, のろくて不格好な船, 浴槽, 入浴, でぶ
v. - 入浴する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حوض خشبي او معدني للسوائل او النبابات أو لغسل ألملابس (فعل) يغسل أو يضع في حوض‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮גיגית, קערה, עביט, אמבט, אמבטיה, גוץ, שמן, סירה איטית, מיכל דמוי אמבט, מיכל פחם (במכרה)‬
v. tr. - ‮עשה אמבטיה, דיפן (פיר של מכרה) בעץ או בברזל‬
v. intr. - ‮אחסן במיכל‬


 
 
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