tub

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

tub [tub tubs tubbed tubbing] BrE [tʌb] NAmE [tʌb] noun
1. a large round container without a lid, used for washing clothes in, growing plants in, etc
•There were tubs of flowers on the balcony.
2. a small wide, usually round, plastic or paper container with a lid, used for food, etc
•a tub of margarine
3. (informal, especially NAmE) = ↑bathtub
•They found her lying in the tub.
see also ↑hot tub

Word Origin:
Middle English: probably of Low German or Dutch origin; compare with Middle Low German, Middle Dutch tubbe.

Example Bank:
•a tub of margarine/ice cream
•an empty margarine tub

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  tubful, vat, bathtub, bathing tub, bath