Tubs and bathtubs 06:24 Oct 17, 2013
Many thanks to Taña for coming up with photographic evidence.
So this does indeed refer to a small version of the thing in which you take a bath. This is called a tub or hot tub in AMERICAN English, but the question specified British English, and in Britain and Ireland it is called a bathtub or just a bath, and is only called a "tub" when people are adopting American usage (consciously or not). In BrE "tub" implies a large round bucket-shaped object (as in a water tub) or a container, usually plastic, of the same shape (as in a tub of butter or ice cream).
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