meaning of tubes
1. An open wooden vessel formed with staves, bottom, and hoops; a kind of short cask, half barrel, or firkin, usually with but one head, -- used for various purposes.
2. The amount which a tub contains, as a measure of quantity; as, a tub of butter; a tub of camphor, which is about 1 cwt. , etc.
3. Any structure shaped like a tub: as, a certain old form of pulpit; a short, broad boat, etc. , -- often used jocosely or opprobriously.
4. A sweating in a tub; a tub fast.
5. A small cask; as, a tub of gin.
6. A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft; -- so called by miners.
7. To plant or set in a tub; as, to tub a plant.
8. To make use of a bathing tub; to lie or be in a bath; to bathe.
9. TUB Technische Universitat Berlin. Berlin technical university. TUBA
10. a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body
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