— tubbable , adj. — tubber , n. — tublike , adj.
/tub/ , n. , v. , tubbed, tubbing .
n.
1. a bathtub.
2. a broad, round, open, wooden container, usually made of staves held together by hoops and fitted around a flat bottom.
3. any of various containers resembling or suggesting a tub: a tub for washing clothes.
4. the amount a tub will hold.
5. Informal. a short and fat person.
6. Naut. an old, slow, or clumsy vessel.
7. Brit. Informal. a bath in a bathtub.
8. Mining. an ore car; tram.
9. Mil. Slang. a two-seat aircraft, esp. a trainer.
v.t.
10. to place or keep in a tub.
11. Brit. Informal. to bathe in a bathtub.
v.i.
12. Brit. Informal. to bathe oneself in a bathtub.
13. Informal. to undergo washing, esp. without damage, as a fabric: This cotton print tubs well.
[ 1350-1400; ME tubbe (n.) tobbe; c. MLG tubbe, tobbe ]