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bathtub [noun]
US /ˈbæθ.tʌb/ 
UK /ˈbɑːθ.tʌb/ 
Example: 

John filled the bathtub with hot water.

Oxford Essential Dictionary

bathtub

 American English for bath

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

bathtub

bathtub /ˈbɑːθtʌb $ ˈbæθ-/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
especially American English a long large container that you fill with water and sit or lie in to wash yourself SYN bath British English

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bathtub

bath·tub [bathtub bathtubs]   [ˈbɑːθtʌb]    [bæθtʌb] 

(also informal tub) (both especially NAmE) (BrE also bath) noun a large, long container that you put water in and then get into to wash your whole body

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

bathtub / ˈbɑːθ.tʌb /   / ˈbæθ- / noun [ C ] ( also tub )

B1 mainly US for bath noun

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Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

bathtub

/bɑ:θtʌb, bæθ-/
(bathtubs)

A bathtub is a long, usually rectangular container which you fill with water and sit in to wash your body. (AM; in BRIT, use bath)

N-COUNT

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bathtub

bath·tub /ˈbæɵˌtʌb, Brit ˈbɑːɵˌtʌb/ noun, pl -tubs [count] chiefly US : a large and long container in which people take baths or showers - called also (chiefly Brit) bath, (US) tub;