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tub (container) A tub is an open-top circular or oblong container. In earlier times they were made from wooden stave (wood), staves held together with iron hoops and were made by cooper (profession), coopers. Modern tubs used in industry might be made from con ...

: **a round or oblong container with or without a lid: ***a

plant pot A flowerpot, planter, planterette or plant pot, is a container in which flowers and other plants are cultivated and displayed. Historically, and still to a significant extent today, they are made from plain terracotta with no ceramic glaze, wi ...

**a shallow, plastic or paper container, typically with a lid or closure **

Tub (unit) Tub was a unit of capacity or of weight used in Britain and elsewhere. British unit for butter and cheese British laws for the sale of goods defined a tub of butter as a receptacle of a size which could contain 84 pounds of butter. Definition 1 ...

, a former quantity for sale or butter or cheese *A

bathtub A bathtub, also known simply as a bath or tub, is a container for holding water in which a person or animal may bathe. Most modern bathtubs are made of thermoformed acrylic, porcelain-enameled steel or cast iron, or fiberglass-reinforced poly ...

, a plumbing fixture for bathing * Hot tub, a large bath or small pool designed to comfortably hold multiple persons *

Quarry tub A tub or quarry tub is a type of railway or tramway wagon used in quarries and other industrial locations for the transport of minerals (such as coal, sand, ore, clay and stone) from a quarry or mine face to processing plants or between vario ...

, a type of railway or tramway wagon *

Slack tub A forge is a type of hearth used for heating metals, or the workplace (smithy) where such a hearth is located. The forge is used by the smith to heat a piece of metal to a temperature at which it becomes easier to shape by forging, or to the ...

, in blacksmithing, a quench *

Tub boat A tub boat was a type of unpowered cargo boat used on a number of the early English and German canals. The English boats were typically long and wide and generally carried to of cargo, though some extra deep ones could carry up to . They a ...

, an unpowered cargo boat used on early canals *

Twin tub A washing machine (laundry machine, clothes washer, washer, or simply wash) is a home appliance used to wash laundry. The term is mostly applied to machines that use water as opposed to dry cleaning (which uses alternative cleaning fluids and i ...

, a type of washing machine *

Tub file The tub file was a technique used in the punched card era to speed generation of data files. Multiple copies of frequently used cards were prepunched and stored in trays with index tabs between card sets, arranged so that cards would be easy to find ...

, in computing, an early, primitive random access memory technology. *

Tub Welch James Thomas Welch (July 3, 1866 – November 7, 1901), nicknamed "Tub", was a catcher and first baseman for Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports ...

, a baseball player. TUB may refer to: *

TUB (gene) Tubby protein homolog is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''TUB'' gene. This gene encodes a member of the Tubby family of bipartite transcription factors. The encoded protein may play a role in obesity and sensorineural degradation. The ...

Citroën TUB The Citroën TUB (from the French ''Traction Utilitaire Basse'' or ''Traction Utilitaire type B'') was a light van derived from the Traction Avant passenger car. The van was produced by Citroën between 1939 and 1941. In May 1941 an upgraded v ...

, a light van *

Technical University of Berlin The Technical University of Berlin (official name both in English and german: link=no, Technische Universität Berlin, also known as TU Berlin and Berlin Institute of Technology) is a public research university located in Berlin, Germany. It was ...

(Germany) *

Transports Urbains du Beauvaisis (formerly , abbreviated to TUB) is the local public transport operator in the town Beauvais and its suburbs, in northern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It als ...

, local public transport operator in northern France *

Tubuai – Mataura Airport Tubuai – Mataura Airport is an airport on Tubuai in French Polynesia. The airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comp ...

(IATA airport code) TUBS or Tubs may refer to: *

Time unit box system Time Unit Box System (TUBS) is a simple system for notating events that happen over a period. This system is mostly used for notating rhythms in music. The notation consists of one or more rows of boxes; each box represents a fixed unit of time. Bl ...

, a system for notating events that happen over a time period. *

Tokai University Boarding School in Denmark Tokai University Boarding School in Denmark (TUBS; 東海大学付属デンマーク校中学部・高等部 ''Tōkai Daigaku Fuzoku Denmāku Kō Chūgakubu Kōtōbu'') was a Japanese international school in Præstø, Denmark. It was affiliated wit ...

Ryan Tubridy Ryan Tubridy (born 28 May 1973), nicknamed 'Tubs ' is an Irish broadcaster. He presents ''The Ryan Tubridy Show'' and '' The Late Late Show''. Tubridy previously presented RTÉ 2fm breakfast radio show ''The Full Irish'', which at its end was ...

, Irish television and radio presenter.

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