tub
Betekenis (Engels)
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- 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.
- (informal) A slow-moving craft.
- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
Sinonieme
bathing tub
wash-tub
wash-basin
large pan
water-trough
wooden casks
Barl. barrel
bath-tub
flower pot
Frekwensie
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/tʌb/
Etimologie (Engels)
From Middle English tubbe, tobbe, from Middle Dutch tubbe or Middle Low German tubbe, tobbe, further etymology unknown. Considered to be unrelated to tube.
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