tub

vaschetta, bacinella

Recipiente largo dal fondo piatto, usato per contenere o lavare qualcosa.

In inglese semplice: A wide container with a flat bottom, used to hold things or wash them.

• Put the clothes in the tub.
• The empty ice cream tub has a lid.
• We washed the blankets in a large tub.

Sinonimi: container, basin

Espressioni comuni: plastic tub, tub of something, wash in a tub

vaschetta

Quantità di qualcosa che riempie uno di questi contenitori.

In inglese semplice: The amount of something that fills one wide container.

• We shared a tub of yogurt.
• She added half a tub of butter.
• They finished two tubs of ice cream that evening.

Come si usa: a tub of something (We ate a tub of ice cream.)

Sinonimi: containerful

Espressioni comuni: tub of butter, tub of yogurt, whole tub

barilotto

Piccolo barile di legno usato per contenere liquidi o altri prodotti.

In inglese semplice: A small wooden barrel used to hold liquids or other goods.

• A wooden tub stood in the cellar.
• The sailors carried a tub of gin aboard.
• The old tub leaked through its wooden sides.

Sinonimi: cask, small barrel

Espressioni comuni: wooden tub, tub of gin

mettere in un mastello, piantare in vaso

Conservare qualcosa in un recipiente largo o piantarvi una pianta.

In inglese semplice: To plant or store something in a wide container.

• We tub the young trees each spring.
• The gardener tubbed the shrub in fresh soil.
• They tubbed the butter for storage.

Sinonimi: pot

Espressioni comuni: tub a plant, tub a tree