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# bathtub

noun (a bathtub, bathtubs)

«bathtub» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A large container for water that you sit or lie in to wash your body; a bath. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bathtub/#m1)

### In the lessons

Everyday home life. Safety: never leave a small child alone in a bathtub. In maths problems: filling and emptying a bathtub (litres per minute). Phrases: fill the bathtub, in the bathtub.

### Examples

- She filled the bathtub with warm water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bathtub/#x1)
- Never leave a baby alone in the bathtub. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bathtub/#x2)
- The bathtub holds 150 litres of water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bathtub/#x3)
- The dog jumped out of the bathtub. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bathtub/#x4)
- The tap fills the bathtub at 10 litres a minute. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bathtub/#x5)
- My little brother plays with boats in the bathtub. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bathtub/#x6)

### Note

Mostly US; in the UK, Ireland and Australia people usually just say "bath" (have a bath, run a bath). In maths, a tap filling while a plug drains means subtract the flows.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bathtub» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bathtub/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bathtub» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bathtub.html) on Mova free.