chest vs tub

chest

noun
  • A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid. 

  • A hit or blow made with one's chest. 

  • A chest of drawers. 

  • The place in which public money is kept; a treasury. 

  • The portion of the front of the human body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen; the thorax. Also the analogous area in other animals. 

  • Debate; quarrel; strife; enmity. 

verb
  • To hit with one's chest (front of one's body) 

  • To deposit in a chest. 

tub

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

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

  • A slow-moving craft. 

  • A bathtub. 

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

  • A small cask. 

  • A corpulent or obese person. 

  • The contents or capacity of such a vessel. 

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

verb
  • To bathe in a tub. 

  • To plant, set, or store in a tub. 

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