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Definition: Bathtub |
BathtubNoun1. A relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "bathtub" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1869. (references) |
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Sports & Leisure | A depression made in the snow by a fallen skier. Also called bathtub. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: BathtubSynonyms: bath (n), bathing tub (n), tub (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Bathtub |
| English words defined with "bathtub": bath ♦ footbath ♦ hip bath ♦ Jacuzzi ♦ sitz bath, sponge bath. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "bathtub": bathtub curve ♦ sitzmark. (references) |
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Screenplays | The telephone is a marvelous invention but you should never use one while standing in a bathtub. (Small Town Girl; writing credit: Ben Ames Williams; John Lee Mahin) Libido, inferiority complex, stinko, blotto, free love, bathtub gin, monkey glands, Karl Marx is he one of the Marx Brothers (Auntie Mame; writing credit: Betty Comden; Patrick Dennis) Next thing you know your cutting up bodies in the bathtub. I mean look at Hitler he was a vegetarian (Halloween: Resurrection; writing credit: Debra Hill; John Carpenter) My friend Brendan, you shot him in the bathtub, naked (The Sopranos; writing credit: Isabel Clara-Simo; Ramón De España) Do you want me to get inside the bathtub and thrash around (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Sinkin' in the Bathtub (1930) A Bathtub Bandit (1917) Knights of a Bathtub (1916) A Bathtub Mystery (1916) The Animated Bathtub (1912) | |
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 | Abandoned plumbing fixtures in Miami, Florida. Potential mosquito breeding site. Bathtub. Credit: CDC. |  | Underway, circa the early 1930s. The original photograph is dated 20 October 1936, but it was actually taken prior to Omaha's 1933 overhaul, during which her topmasts were reduced and a "bathtub" machinegun platform was fitted atop her foremast. Credit: NAVY. |
 | View of the ship's forward superstructure, taken after overhaul at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, 29 August 1933. Note newly installed machine gun "bathtub" atop Omaha foremast, rangefinders and other fire control facilities on and about the mast, voice tubes running down from the masthead, 6"/53 guns in casemate mountings, and Battle Efficiency "E" painted on the pilothouse. Credit: NAVY. |  | John D. Rockefeller, wearing "Standard Oil System" bathrobe, stands by "Immunity Bath" bathtub. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Recessed bathtub in home of Joseph La Blanc. Crowley, Louisiana. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Field of beans on the farm of Gaetano Simone, Italian FSA (Farm Security Administration) client. Westville, Connecticut. Don't know what the bathtub is for. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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 | Clog; clogged; clogging; pipe; drain; drains; draining; sink; bathtub; plumber; plumbing. |
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Health | Hold on to grab bars for support when getting in and out of the bathtub or shower. (references) | |
If your sense of balance or muscle strength is affected, avoid falls by moving carefully, using handrails when going up or down stairs, and using bath mats in the bathtub or shower. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Bathtub" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Bathtub" is used about 25 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 25 | 69,787 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "bathtub": bathtub curve ♦ bathtub gin. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "bathtub": hippopotamus-bathtub. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "bathtub"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | vaskë (bath, John, pool, tank, tub, vat). (various references) | |
Asturian | bañera. (various references) | |
Bemba | mubafa. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | вана (dish, vat). (various references) | |
Cebuano | kaligoanan. (various references) | |
Chamorro | fano'makan. (various references) | |
Chinese | 浴缸, 浴盆 . (various references) | |
Czech | vana (bath, bath tub, tub). (various references) | |
Dutch | kuipbad (tub). (various references) | |
Faeroese | baðikar. (various references) | |
Farsi | وان حمام (Receptor), جای شستشوی بدن درحمام . (various references) | |
French | baignoire (bath, bath tub). (various references) | |
Frisian | baaikûp (bath). (various references) | |
German | badewanne (bath, bath tub). (various references) | |
Greek | μπανιέρα (bath). (various references) | |
Hungarian | fürdőkád (bath, bath-tub). (various references) | |
Inuktitut | uvinikniaqvik. (various references) | |
Italian | vasca da bagno (bath, bath tub, tub), vasca (basin, pond, pool, tank, tub). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 湯ぶね, 浴槽. (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | バスタブ , ゆぶね, よくそう. (various references) | |
Korean | 욕조. (various references) | |
Macedonian | kada. (various references) | |
Manx | tubbyr oonlee, tobbyr oonlee (bath), tobbyr niee (bath). (various references) | |
Maori | taapu. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | athtubbay.(various references) | |
Provencal | banhadoira. (various references) | |
Romanian | cadã de baie. (various references) | |
Romansch | bognera. (various references) | |
Romany | balanì. (various references) | |
Ruanda | baignoir. (various references) | |
Russian | ванна (bath, bath-tub, laboratory, puddle, tub, vat). (various references) | |
Samoan | taputaele. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | kada (tub, when). (various references) | |
Sicilian | vasca du bagnu. (various references) | |
Spanish | bañera (bath, tub). (various references) | |
Swedish | badkar (bath, batha, tub), badbalja. (various references) | |
Thai | อ่างอาบน้ำ (bath). (various references) | |
Turkish | küvet (bath, tub). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "bathtub": bathtubs. (additional references) | |
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"Bathtub" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bakhtar, bakhtir, bathcube, bathtob, bathu, battu. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-b-h-t-t-u" | |
-2 letters: battu. | |
-3 letters: abut, babu, baht, bath, batt, bhut, butt, habu, haut, tabu, taut, that, tuba. | |
-4 letters: att, bah, bat, bub, but, hat, hub, hut, tab, tat, tau, tub, tut, uta. | |
-5 letters: ab, ah, at, ba, ha, ta, uh, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-b-h-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: bathtubs. | |
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