tub

== Translingual == === Symbol === tub (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Tübatulabal. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Tübatulabal terms == English == === Etymology === From Middle English tubbe, tobbe, from Middle Dutch tubbe or Middle Low German tubbe, tobbe, further etymology unknown. Considered to be unrelated to tube. === Pronunciation === enPR: tŭb, IPA(key): /tʌb/ (Northern England, Ireland) IPA(key): /tʊb/ Rhymes: -ʌb === Noun === tub (plural tubs) A flat-bottomed vessel, of width similar to or greater than its height, used for storing or packing things, or for washing things in. The contents or capacity of such a vessel. A bathtub. (nautical, informal) A slow-moving craft. (humorous or derogatory) Any structure shaped like a tub, such as a certain old form of pulpit, a short broad boat, etc. A small cask. Any of various historically designated quantities of goods to be sold by the tub (butter, oysters, etc). (mining) A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft. (obsolete) A sweating in a tub; a tub fast. (slang) A corpulent or obese person. (automotive) The bare body shell of an automobile (minus the doors, hood, trunk lid, fenders, etc.) which is lowered onto the chassis at the time of assembly, or in the case of modern unibody designed vehicles, is itself a monocoque around which the rest of the vehicle is built. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === tub (third-person singular simple present tubs, present participle tubbing, simple past and past participle tubbed) (transitive) To plant, set, or store in a tub. (ambitransitive) To bathe in a tub. February 1, 1873, Meredith Townsend and Richard Holt Hutton (editors), "Change of Air and Scene", in The Spectator Don't we all "tub" in England? === References === === Further reading === tub on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === BTU, TBU, but, but- == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈtup] Rhymes: -up === Noun === tub m (plural tubs) tube ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “tub”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) “tub” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “tub”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “tub”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Green Hmong == === Etymology === From Vietnamese tử, from Middle Chinese 子 (tsiX, “son, child”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tu˥/ === Noun === tub son child (slang) kid == Juba Arabic == === Etymology === From Arabic طُوبَة (ṭūba). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtub/, [ˈtub] === Noun === tub brick === References === Ian Smith; Morris Timothy Ama (1985), A Dictionary of Juba Arabic & English‎[3], 1st edition, Juba: The Committee of The Juba Cheshire Home and Centre for Handicapped Children, page 25 == Kavalan == === Noun === tub lid == Old Javanese == === Etymology === Unknown (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === Homophone: tūb === Noun === tub alternative spelling of töb == Palauan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tub/ [tʰup] === Noun === tub spit, saliva === References === tub in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com. tub in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com. tub in Lewis S. Josephs; Edwin G. McManus; Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977), Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 332. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French tube, Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [tub] === Noun === tub n (plural tuburi) tube Synonym: țeavă ==== Declension ==== == Swedish == === Noun === tub c a tube (container) a cylinder (container) a spotting scope Synonym: tubkikare ==== Declension ==== === References === “tub”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “tub”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “tub”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) == White Hmong == === Etymology === From Proto-Hmong-Mien *tu̯ɛn (“son, boy”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tu˥/ === Noun === tub son child (slang) kid === References === Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979), White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[4], SEAP Publications, →ISBN.