Definition of tub

"tub" in the noun sense

1. bathtub, bathing tub, tub

a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body

2. tub, vat

a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids

3. tub, tubful

the amount that a tub will hold

"a tub of water"

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Quotations for tub

Every tub smells of the wine it holds. [ Proverb ]

Every tub must stand on its own bottom. [ Proverb ]

Every tub must stand upon its own bottom. [ Bunyan ]

Diogenes found more rest in his tub than Alexander on his throne. [ Quarles ]

Though Diogenes lived in a tub, there might be, for aught I know, as much pride under his rags, as in the fine-spun garments of the divine Plato. [ Swift ]

Seamen have a custom when they meet a whale to fling out an empty tub by way of amusement, to divert him from laying violent hands upon the ship. [ Swift ]

The sordid meal of the Cynics contributed neither to their tranquillity nor to their modesty. Pride went with Diogenes into his tub; and there he had the presumption to command Alexander the haughtiest of all men. [ Henry Home ]

tub in Scrabble®

The word tub is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 5

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tub in Words With Friends™

The word tub is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 7

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Words containing the sequence tub

Words that end with tub (7 words)

Word Growth involving tub

Shorter words in tub

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Longer words containing tub

bathtub bathtubs

hottub hottubs

leachtub leachtubs

microtubles

stub bierstube bierstubes

stub paystub paystubs

stub pustube pustubes

stub stubbed

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tuba extubation extubations

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tuba intubate intubated reintubated

tuba intubate intubates reintubates

tuba intubate reintubate reintubated

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tuba intubating reintubating

tuba intubation intubationist intubationists

tuba intubation intubations reintubations

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tuba intubator intubators

tuba tubal extratubal extratubally

tuba tubal intratubal intratubally

tuba tubal uterotubal

tuba tubas

tuba tubatoxin

tuba tubax tubaxes

tubbier stubbier

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tube bierstube bierstubes

tube blowtube blowtubes

tube buckytube buckytubes

tube detube detubed

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tube drawtube drawtubes

tube flashtube flashtubes

tube funneltube funneltubes

tube microtube microtubes

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tube nanotube nanotubes

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tube phototube phototubes

tube pustube pustubes

tube soundtube soundtubes

tube streamtube streamtubes

tube testtube

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tube tubeful tubefuls

tube tubeless

tube tubelike

tube tubemaker tubemakers

tube tubemaking

tube tuber protuberance protuberances

tube tuber protuberancies

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tube tuber protuberant protuberantly

tube tuber protuberate protuberated

tube tuber protuberate protuberates

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tube tuber protuberation protuberations

tube tuber tubercle tubercles

tube tuber tubercular quinquetubercular

tube tuber tuberculate compactituberculate

tube tuber tuberculate quinquetuberculate

tube tuber tuberculate tuberculated

tube tuber tuberculate tuberculately

tube tuber tuberculation tuberculations

tube tuber tuberculin

tube tuber tuberculoma tuberculomas

tube tuber tuberculoma tuberculomata

tube tuber tuberculophobe tuberculophobes

tube tuber tuberculophobia

tube tuber tuberculophobic tuberculophobics

tube tuber tuberculoprotein tuberculoproteins

tube tuber tuberculosis fibrotuberculosis

tube tuber tuberculotoxin tuberculotoxins

tube tuber tuberculous

tube tuber tuberless

tube tuber tuberose tuberoses

tube tuber tuberosities protuberosities

tube tuber tuberosity protuberosity

tube tuber tuberous protuberous

tube tuber tubers

tube tubes bierstubes

tube tubes blowtubes

tube tubes buckytubes

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tube tubes funneltubes

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tube tubes nanotubes

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tube tubes vacuumtubes

tube tubeworm tubeworms

tube vacuumtube vacuumtubes

tubful tubfuls

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tublike

tubmaker tubmakers

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tubocurarine

tuboplasties

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tubulin

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