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Definition: Washtub |
WashtubNoun1. A tub in which clothes or linens can be washed. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "washtub" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Cupid at the Washtub (1897) | |
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 | "A shallow North Korean stream provides a natural washtub for the 1st Marine Division Leatherneck as he takes advantage of a lull in the fighting to clean off the dust and grime of battle. In the background, UN truck moves up with supplies for the front." Photograph and caption released by Commander Naval Forces Far East, under date of 2 July 1951.Credit: NAVY. |  | Child at washtub.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | A chicken brooder made out of an old washtub by FSA (Farm Security Administration) client Harry Handy. Scotland, Maryland.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Miner takes washtub bath as most the families do. Westover, West Virginia.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Washtub" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Washtub" is used about 5 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% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
bass washtub | 13 |
washtub | 8 |
car wash washtub | 3 |
galvanized washtub | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "washtub"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | vaskë banje, govatë (cavity, chute, depression, dough-trough, eye socket, eyehole, hollow, manger, seed-can, shoot, stall, tray, trough). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حوض الغسيل, طشت (basin, pan), خرب جسرا. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 洗衣盆. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | necky. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | طشت لباسشوءی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tub, cuvette, bassin, baquet (water bosh). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Waschwanne. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σκάφη μπουγάδασ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ''ית (bucket, pail, tub, vat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | mosdóteknõ, mosóteknõ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | mastello (bucket, tub, wooden tub). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | tubbyr niaghyn, tubbyr niaghan, tubbag niaghyn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ashtubway tina de lavar roupa, lugar de lavar roupa. (various references) корыто (hod, tray, trough). (various references) posuda za pranje rublja (wash tub). (various references) tina de lavar. (various references) tvättbalja (washing introductions), bykkar. (various references) leğen (basin, bowl, dolly tub, pelvic, washbasin, washbowl), çamaşır teknesi. (various references) раковина для прання, балія (tub). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "washtub": washtubs. (additional references) | |
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"Washtub" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: washte, weshtam, westlb, Whashton. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-h-s-t-u-w" | |
-1 letter: bushwa. | |
-2 letters: abuts, bahts, baths, bhuts, habus, subah, swath, tabus, thaws, tsuba, tubas, whats. | |
-3 letters: abut, baht, bash, bast, bath, bats, bhut, bush, bust, buts, habu, hast, hats, haut, haws, hubs, huts, shat, shaw, shut, stab, staw, stub, suba, swab, swat, tabs, tabu, taus, taws, thaw, thus, tuba, tubs, tush, twas, utas, wabs. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-h-s-t-u-w" | |
+1 letter: washtubs. | |
+3 letters: buckwheats. | |
+4 letters: whereabouts. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)57 61 73 68 74 75 62 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .- ... .... - ..- -... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010111 01100001 01110011 01101000 01110100 01110101 01100010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)W a s h t u b |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0057 0061 0073 0068 0074 0075 0062 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)57678574868768 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Modern 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Slideshow | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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