hot tub
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- noun
- /hɑt tʌb/
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jacuzzi
- After a long day, we decided to unwind in the hot tub together.
- swimming pools and hot tubs
So we rented a hot tub to stay warm between swimming.
- So we rented a hot tub to stay warm between swimming.
- And then I came up and I was like, this hot tub smells like lake water.
- You can't stop watching hot tub streams, you simp.
- So exercise, things like sauna, hot tubs, even hot yoga.
- Like if you're throwing a Frisbee in a hot tub, right.
- Just a pile of skin floating around in that hot tub, just like an empty pool toy.
- You can be in a giant hot tub and be held by your boys and cry.
- So when we're in the hot tub, she's put her nan to the side.
Examples
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You need to sit in a hot tub and get some warmth into your bones.
Fiction book (1990) -
We left and got into the hot tub at the Casa Marina.
Fiction book (2002) -
I gotta go to the hot tub and relax.
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We then went in the hot tub with Apple and his date Jack.
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You want to get in the hot tub?
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How was the hot tub?
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The people in the hot tub are all speaking Italian.
Fiction book (2002) -
So we rented a hot tub to stay warm between swimming.
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We were doing somersaults and running back and forth between the hot tub and the pool.
Blog text (13) -
Anthony gets out of the hot tub and dives in the pool.
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
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A large rounded container filled with water for washing the body
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A large tub that holds water for a person to sit or lie in and wash
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A large hot bath with strong water jets for relaxing
A simple outdoor tub made from old things for people to soak in
A large open container that holds water for washing your body
How Relaxing
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'hot' (having elevated temperature) and 'tub' (a basin for bathing): it straightforwardly refers to a tub of hot water used for bathing or relaxation. This is a descriptive noun-noun compound following standard English composition and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Hot tub comes from the simple image of a tub full of hot water where people sit together to relax. That's why hot tub means a large warm bath for 'relaxing' or spending time with others.