BATHING TUB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bathing tub mean? 

• BATHING TUB (noun)
  The noun BATHING TUB has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: BATHING TUB used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BATHING TUB (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bathing tub; bathtub; tub

Hypernyms ("bathing tub" is a kind of...):

vessel (an object used as a container (especially for liquids))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bathing tub"):

footbath (a small bathtub for warming or washing or disinfecting the feet)

hot tub (a very large tub (large enough for more than one bather) filled with hot water)

hip bath; sitz bath (a bathtub in which your buttocks and hips are immersed as if you were sitting in a chair and you bathe in a sitting position)

Holonyms ("bathing tub" is a part of...):

bathroom (a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet)