tub

A flat-bottomed vessel, of width similar to or greater than its height, used for storing or packing things, or for washing things in.

“He bought a tub of lard to roast the potatoes in.”

The contents or capacity of such a vessel.

“She added a tub of margarine to the stew.”

A bathtub.

A slow-moving craft.

Any structure shaped like a tub, such as a certain old form of pulpit, a short broad boat, etc.

A small cask.

“a tub of gin”

Any of various historically designated quantities of goods to be sold by the tub (butter, oysters, etc).

A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft.

A sweating in a tub; a tub fast.

A corpulent or obese person.

To plant, set, or store in a tub.

“to tub a plant”

To bathe in a tub.