hot tub

noun

: a large tub of hot water in which bathers soak and usually socialize
especially : such a tub with a whirlpool device
hot-tub intransitive verb

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Heading outside, the flybridge is decked out with a hot tub, alfresco dining area, and lounge. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 11 May 2026 On the more than 1-acre property are a two-story apartment with a music studio, an office, a guest-house, a garage workshop space, a pool, a hot tub, and a kitchen pavilion. The Week Us, TheWeek, 11 May 2026 The complimentary hot breakfast and indoor pool and hot tub make the lodge perfect for families, and the property serves as a good home base for activities like fly-fishing on Whitefish Lake and backcountry adventures inside Glacier National Park. Dave Parfitt, USA Today, 9 May 2026 Actually there are two, indoor and out, plus hot tubs. Jess Hoffert, Midwest Living, 9 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for hot tub

Word History

First Known Use

1973, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hot tub was in 1973

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“Hot tub.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hot%20tub. Accessed 15 May. 2026.

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