tub

bac, bassine

Récipient large à fond plat servant à contenir ou à laver des choses.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : container, basin

Expressions courantes : plastic tub, tub of something, wash in a tub

pot

Quantité d’une substance qui remplit un de ces récipients.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : a tub of something (We ate a tub of ice cream.)

Synonymes : containerful

Expressions courantes : tub of butter, tub of yogurt, whole tub

petit tonneau

Petit récipient en bois en forme de tonneau, destiné aux liquides ou à d’autres produits.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : cask, small barrel

Expressions courantes : wooden tub, tub of gin

mettre en bac, planter en bac

Placer quelque chose dans un récipient large pour le conserver, ou y planter un végétal.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : pot

Expressions courantes : tub a plant, tub a tree