Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

slack tub

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.47 in modern English

Syllables: slack- -tub
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large container full of water or oil or brine used by a blacksmith to quench hot metal.

Etymology

Believed to derive from the word slake, as in slaking the heat.

Inflected Forms

slack tubs (plural) slack-tub (alternative) slacktub (alternative)

Questions

What does slack tub mean?: A large container full of water or oil or brine used by a blacksmith to quench hot metal.
Where does slack tub come from?: Believed to derive from the word slake, as in slaking the heat.

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