Phrase Hound found 51 phrases and 60 compound words that contain tub. The most common are listed below. Open tub in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 51
- hot tubA large tub, often situated outdoors, filled with hot water and used for communal leisure bathing.
- bath tubAlternative form of bathtub: A large container for holding water in which a person may bathe (take a bath).
- slack tubA large container full of water or oil or brine used by a blacksmith to quench hot metal.
- tub wheelIn water-powered mills, a horizontal water wheel used to power a grinding stone set in a tub; usually in the form of a short cylinder turned by the impact of one or more streams of water striking against vanes attached radially to the …
- tub-thumpingAlternative form of tubthumping: present participle and gerund of tubthump
- tub fileA technique used to speed the generation of datafiles on a punch card, involving multiple copies of frequently used cards that were prepunched and stored in trays arranged by index.
- twin tubA (mainly obsolete) type of washing machine comprising a vertical washing cylinder alongside a vertical rinsing and spinning cylinder, the clothes having to be manually transferred from one to the other during the wash cycle.
- tub of lardA fat person.
- tub gurnardSynonym of tubfish: A fish of species Chelidonichthys lucerna.
- line tubA wooden tub in which the towline aboard a whaleboat is coiled.
- tub-showerAn installation found in bathrooms, consisting of a stall that has a bathtub as the basin base with a bath shower atop it.
- tub chairA deep chair having a semicircular form
- tub chairsplural of tub chair: A deep chair having a semicircular form
- tub filesplural of tub file: A technique used to speed the generation of datafiles on a punch card, involving multiple copies of frequently used cards that were prepunched and stored in trays arranged by index.
- tub wheelsplural of tub wheel: In water-powered mills, a horizontal water wheel used to power a grinding stone set in a tub; usually in the form of a short cylinder turned by the impact of one or more streams of water striking against vanes attached …
- wash tubAlternative form of washtub: A tub used for washing clothes.
- dolly tubA wash tub.
- tub-showersplural of tub-shower: An installation found in bathrooms, consisting of a stall that has a bathtub as the basin base with a bath shower atop it.
- tub-gigA kind of tub-like carriage once used in Wales.
- tub-gigsplural of tub-gig: A kind of tub-like carriage once used in Wales.
- bathing tubSynonym of bathtub: A large container for holding water in which a person may bathe (take a bath).
- hog-tubA trough or vat from which pigs or other domestic animals drink; and also a place where slaughtered pigs are soaked in boiling water so that their bristles can be scraped off, sometimes also filled with refuse or used for an other purpose.
- rum tubThe barrel from which sailors' daily rum rations were dispensed.
- bran tubA tub filled with bran in which small gifts are buried as a lucky dip
- tub-thumpAlternative form of tubthump: To express a view or opinion in a needlessly dramatic or aggressive manner.
Compound words 60
- bathtubA large container for holding water in which a person may bathe (take a bath).
- tubbystout, rotund
- tubmanOne of the two most experienced barristers in the Exchequer of Pleas (the other being the postman).
- tubsideThe side of a bathtub.
- tubfulan amount that would fill a tub
- tubthumpingpresent participle and gerund of tubthump
- tubbableSuitable for washing in a tub.
- TubberA village in County Clare, Ireland.
- tubletA little tub.
- leachtubA tub used as a container for a substance being leached.