tub butter

  • 1Butter — is a dairy product made by churning fresh or fermented cream or milk. It is used as a spread and a condiment, as well as in cooking applications such as baking, sauce making, and frying. Butter consists of butterfat, water and milk proteins. Most …

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  • 2Tub — Tub, n. [OE. tubbe; of Dutch or Low German origin; cf. LG. tubbe, D. tobbe.] 1. An open wooden vessel formed with staves, bottom, and hoops; a kind of short cask, half barrel, or firkin, usually with but one head, used for various purposes. [1913 …

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  • 3Tub fast — Tub Tub, n. [OE. tubbe; of Dutch or Low German origin; cf. LG. tubbe, D. tobbe.] 1. An open wooden vessel formed with staves, bottom, and hoops; a kind of short cask, half barrel, or firkin, usually with but one head, used for various purposes.… …

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  • 4Tub wheel — Tub Tub, n. [OE. tubbe; of Dutch or Low German origin; cf. LG. tubbe, D. tobbe.] 1. An open wooden vessel formed with staves, bottom, and hoops; a kind of short cask, half barrel, or firkin, usually with but one head, used for various purposes.… …

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  • 5Tub — 〈[ tʌ̣b] n. 15; nach Zahlenangaben Pl.: 〉 engl. Gewichtseinheit für Tee (27,216 kg) u. Butter (38,102 kg) [engl., „Fass, Bütte“; verwandt mit Zuber] * * * Tub   [englisch, tʌb; wörtlich »Bottich, Kübel, Fass«], auch Washtub, als Schlagzeug Ersatz …

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  • 6Tub — [tʌb] das; [s], s (aber: 5 ) <aus engl. tub> engl. Gewichtsmaß für Butter (= 38,102 kg) u. Tee (= 27,216 kg) …

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  • 7Tub — (engl., spr. több, »Kufe«), engl. Gewicht für Tee zu 60 Pounds, für Butter 11/2 Firkins = 84 Pounds; in Surabaya (Tobbe) = 63,98 kg …

    Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • 8Tub — (spr. több), engl. Gewicht für Tee = 60, für Butter = 84 engl. Handelspfund …

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  • 9Tub — 〈 [tʌ̣b] n.; Gen.: s, Pl.: s od. (bei Zahlenangaben) 〉 engl. Gewichtseinheit für Tee (27,216 kg) u. Butter (38,102 kg) [Etym.: engl., »Fass, Bütte«] …

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  • 10tub — [[t]tʌb[/t]] n. v. tubbed, tub•bing 1) a bathtub 2) a broad, round, open container, orig. one made of wooden staves held together by hoops and fitted around a flat bottom 3) any of various small, usu. round containers: a tub of butter[/ex] 4) the …

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