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

Examples of hot tub in a Sentence

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The 14-story hotel adjacent to the Vikings headquarters has announced several new upcoming additions, including an outdoor pool, hot tubs, saunas and an event lawn. Mars King, Twin Cities, 25 Oct. 2025 Unlike the branching corals, which were victims of water that at one point reached hot tub temperatures, pillar coral’s killer was mostly a pernicious and little understood coral disease, story coral tissue loss disease, although extreme heat did claim some. Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025 Black bears often go viral in Tennessee for breaking into cars, shops and houses, and even making themselves at home in hot tubs. Rachel Wegner, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Oct. 2025 This isn’t the first time a hot tub discovery has baffled a homeowner. Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025 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 27 Oct. 2025.

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