washtub
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2.1
- noun
- /ˈwɔːʃtʌb/
:
tina de lavar
- The mother filled the washtub with warm soapy water to wash the dirty clothes.
- a galvanized washtub
- a tin washtub
- fill a washtub
Examples
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A black woman is pictured standing in the center of the painting over a washtub full of wet clothes.
Academic text (2008) -
The sight of the washtub on the floor always made me feel secure, as if the world were orderly.
Fiction book (2001) -
On the back porch... papers, a washtub and some old clothes.
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So a bath was once a week in an inch of water in a washtub on the kitchen floor.
Blog text (34) -
There's a washtub in the kitchen.
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"The bathtub was small and the washtub was big."
Fiction book (1993) -
I used to do my washing by hand, in the washtub—the galvanized washtubs and scrub boards.
Academic text (1993) -
He used the washtub to soak the linens before scrubbing them clean.
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After a long day of laundry, the washtub was overflowing with freshly washed garments.
Synonyms
A pot used for cleaning clothes or other household things
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Morphology
Etymology
The word washtub is simply wash ('to clean') plus tub ('a large container'), like in bathtub. So a washtub is a tub used for washing clothes or sheets by hand.