noun
- a large, round container used for washing clothes or other items
Examples
- She filled the old washtub with soapy water to clean the muddy clothes.
- The antique washtub sat in the corner of the laundry room.
- Grandmother used a metal washtub to wash the family’s clothing by hand.
- The children turned the washtub into a makeshift pool on hot summer days.
- He scrubbed the dirty overalls in the washtub behind the barn.
- The washtub was too heavy to move when it was full of water.