Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A tub for bathing, especially one installed in a bathroom.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A tub to bathe in: in the usual form, approximately of the length of the body, and often permanently fixed in a bath-room. Also called bathing-tub.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A relatively large tub used to take a bath, usually a permanent fixture in a bathroom; it is an open container that is filled with water, in which a person immerses himself for the purpose of washing the body.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A large container for holding water in which a person may bathe (take a bath).

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

Etymologies

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From bath +‎ tub.

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  • "Bank refuses to pay", in railway telegraphers' shorthand. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906. Compare batman.

    January 20, 2013