Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - tub
Tub
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n. & v. --n. 1 an open flat-bottomed usu. round container for various purposes. 2 a tub-shaped (usu. plastic) carton. 3 the amount a tub will hold. 4 colloq. a bath. 5 a colloq. a clumsy slow boat. b a stout roomy boat for rowing practice. 6 (in mining) a container for conveying ore, coal, etc. --v. (tubbed, tubbing) 1 tr. & intr. plant, bathe, or wash in a tub. 2 tr. enclose in a tub. 3 tr. line (a mine-shaft) with a wooden or iron casing. Phrases and idioms tub chair a chair with solid arms continuous with a usu. semicircular back. tub-thumper colloq. a ranting preacher or orator. tub-thumping colloq. ranting oratory. Derivatives tubbable adj. tubbish adj. tubful n. (pl. -fuls). Etymology: ME, prob. of LG or Du. orig.: cf. MLG, MDu. tubbe
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English ~be, from Middle Dutch; akin to Middle Low German ~be ~ Date: 12th century 1. a wide low vessel originally formed with wooden staves, round bottom, and hoops, a small round container in which a product is sold , an old or slow boat, bath~, the amount that a ~ will hold, ~ful noun ~like adjective II. verb (~bed; ~bing) Date: 1610 transitive verb to wash or bathe in a ~, to put or store in a ~, intransitive verb bathe, to undergo washing, ~bable adjective ~ber noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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