English-French translations for tub

  • bassine
  • baignoire
  • baquet
  • cuve
  • cuvette
  • rafiotNous ne voulons plus voir le spectacle de familles entières entrer en Europe en risquant leur vie sur des rafiots vétustes payés au prix fort. We no longer want to see the spectacle of entire families entering Europe by paying large sums of money to risk their lives in decrepit old tubs. . Le problème, aux conséquences tragiques, de l’arrivée de nombreuses personnes désespérées dans de "vieux rafiots" et qui souhaitent tenter leur chance en Europe a refait surface. The issue – which has had such tragic consequences – of the arrival in what are known as ‘old tubs’ of so many desperate people who come to try their luck in Europe, has resurfaced once again.

Definition of tub

  • 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
  • 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 sweating in a tub; a tub fast
  • A corpulent or obese person
  • To plant, set, or store in a tub
  • To bathe in a tub

Examples

  • He bought a tub of lard to roast the potatoes in.
  • He added a tub of margarine to the stew.
  • a tub of gin
  • to tub a plant

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