Definition of: tub

(tub) noun
1. A broad, open–topped vessel, usually of wood, and formed with staves, bottom, hoops, and handles on the side.
2. A bathtub.
3. Brit. Colloq. A bath taken in a tub.
4. The amount that a tub contains.
5. Anything resembling a tub, as a broad, clumsy boat: contemptuous or humorous.
6. A small cask.
7. A bucket for bringing ore or coal up a shaft; also, an underground tram.
8. A keeve.
9. A sweating in a tub.
—v.t. & v.i. tubbed, tub·bing To wash, bathe, or place in a tub. [<MDu. tubbe]
—tub′ba·ble adjective
—tub′ber noun