wash-tub

A woman washes clothes in a large wooden wash-tub in the yard.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A large container for washing clothes: "wash-tub" refers to a broad, usually metal or wooden tub used historically for laundering garments, often by hand.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • She scrubbed the dirty shirts in the wash-tub until they were clean. (A large container used for hand-washing laundry.)
  • Before washing machines, every household had a wash-tub and a washboard. (A historical laundry tool.)

Advanced Usage

• "to bring something to the wash-tub": to prepare laundry for washing.
  • The maid brought the soiled linens to the wash-tub every Monday morning. (She took the dirty items to the tub for washing.)

Variants and Related Words

• Wash-tub (n): the same as above; no common compound variants exist, but note the hyphenated form "wash-tub" may also be written as "washtub" (one word) in some contexts.
  • The washtub was filled with soapy water. (The same container for washing.)

Synonyms

• Laundry tub: a tub specifically for washing clothes.
• Scrub tub: a tub used for scrubbing garments.

Related Idioms

• No common idioms: the word "wash-tub" is a concrete noun and does not appear in figurative idioms.