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washtub

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: W AA1 SH T AH2 B Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A tub used for washing clothes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a tub in which clothes or linens can be washed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tub, vat

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *wodsḱéti Proto-Germanic *waskaną Proto-West Germanic *waskan Old English wascan Middle English wasshen English wash English tub English washtub From wash + tub.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: طشت (ṭešt) — tub used for washing clothes
  • Arabic: طشوته (ṭošóta) — tub used for washing clothes
  • Aramaic: ܥܪܒܐ — tub used for washing clothes
  • Asturian: cofaina — tub used for washing clothes
  • Asturian: batea — tub used for washing clothes
  • Asturian: palancana — tub used for washing clothes
  • Bulgarian: корито (korito) — tub used for washing clothes
  • Catalan: bugader — tub used for washing clothes
  • Crimean Tatar: eleken — tub used for washing clothes
  • Czech: necky — tub used for washing clothes
  • Czech: lavor — tub used for washing clothes
  • Czech: škopek — tub used for washing clothes
  • Esperanto: lavokuvo — tub used for washing clothes
  • Finnish: pesusoikko — tub used for washing clothes
  • French: baquet — tub used for washing clothes
  • Ancient Greek: πλυνός (plunós) — tub used for washing clothes
  • Indonesian: bak cuci — tub used for washing clothes
  • Indonesian: bak basuh — tub used for washing clothes
  • Indonesian: baskom — tub used for washing clothes
  • Ingrian: lahantka — tub used for washing clothes
  • Irish: tobán níocháin — tub used for washing clothes
  • Irish: leastar — tub used for washing clothes
  • Italian: tinozza — tub used for washing clothes
  • Polabian: balajă — tub used for washing clothes
  • Polish: balia — tub used for washing clothes
  • Russian: ша́йка (šájka) — tub used for washing clothes
  • Spanish: palangana — tub used for washing clothes