tub /tʌb/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Middle Dutch ; Origin: tubbe ]
1 . CONTAINER
a) a small container made of paper or plastic with a lid, in which food is bought or stored
tub of
a tub of ice cream
a margarine tub
b) an open container that is usually round, used for washing, storing things in etc:
trees growing in tubs
2 . AMOUNT ( also tubful ) the amount of liquid, food etc that a tub can contain
tub of
We ate a tub of ice cream.
3 . BATH American English a large container in which you sit to wash yourself SYN bathtub :
I had a long soak in the tub.
4 . BOAT British English informal an old boat that travels slowly
5 . PERSON tub of lard informal not polite someone who is short and fat