1. A relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body
   "he played with his rubber ball in the tub"; "The old farmhouse had a claw-foot bathing tub in the bathroom";
   - bathtub, bathing tub
    
2. A large open vessel for holding or storing liquids
   "The rain water drains into this big tub";
   - vat
    
3. The amount that a tub will hold
   "a tub of water";
   - tubful

1. Plant or put in a tub
   "We tubbed the lemon tree for the winter"
    
2. [informal] Bathe in a tub
   "He likes to tub after a long day at work"

Derived forms: tubs, tubbing, tubbed

Type of: containerful, vessel

Part of: bathroom

Encyclopedia: Tub