Tub vs. Vat
By Muazma Batool — Published on February 11, 2023
Difference Between Tub and Vat
Tub vs. Vat Definitions
◉Tub
An open, flat-bottomed vessel, usually round and typically wider than it is deep, used for washing, packing, or storing.
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◉Vat
A large vessel, such as a tub, cistern, or barrel, used to hold or store liquids.
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◉Vat
A large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning.
a vat of liquid
a vat of acid
a vat of wine
a vat of olives
a vat of fat
a vat of glue
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◉Vat
A square, hollow place on the back of a calcining furnace, where tin ore is laid to dry.
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◉Vat
(dated) A liquid measure and dry measure; especially, a liquid measure in Belgium and Holland, corresponding to the hectolitre of the metric system, which contains 22.01 imperial gallons, or 26.4 standard gallons in the United States.
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◉Vat
(transitive) To blend (wines or spirits) in a vat; figuratively, to mix or blend elements as if with wines or spirits.
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◉Vat
A large vessel, cistern, or tub, especially one used for holding liquors in an immature state, chemical preparations for dyeing, or for tanning, or for tanning leather, or the like.
Let him produce his vats and tubs, in opposition to heaps of arms and standards.
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◉Vat
A measure for liquids, and also a dry measure; especially, a liquid measure in Belgium and Holland, corresponding to the hectoliter of the metric system, which contains 22.01 imperial gallons, or 26.4 standard gallons in the United States.
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◉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.
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◉Tub
The contents or capacity of such a vessel.
She added a tub of margarine to the stew.
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◉Vat
a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production
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◉Tub
Any structure shaped like a tub, such as a certain old form of pulpit, a short broad boat, etc.
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◉Tub
Any of various historically designated quantities of goods to be sold by the tub (butter, oysters, etc).
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◉Tub
An open wooden vessel formed with staves, bottom, and hoops; a kind of short cask, half barrel, or firkin, usually with but one head, - used for various purposes.
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◉Tub
The amount which a tub contains, as a measure of quantity; as, a tub of butter; a tub of camphor, which is about 1 cwt., etc.
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◉Tub
Any structure shaped like a tub: as, a certain old form of pulpit; a short, broad boat, etc., - often used jocosely or opprobriously.
All being took up and busied, some in pulpits and some in tubs, in the grand work of preaching and holding forth.
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◉Tub
A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft; - so called by miners.
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◉Tub
To make use of a bathing tub; to lie or be in a bath; to bathe.
Don't we all tub in England ?
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◉Tub
a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body
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