tube
Nouns
- (n) conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases tubing,
- (n) electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope electron tube, thermionic tube, thermionic vacuum tube, thermionic valve, vacuum tube,
- (n) a hollow cylindrical shape pipe,
- (n) (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure tube-shaped structure,
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(n) an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)
- in Paris the subway system is called the "metro" and in London it is called the "tube" or the "underground"
Verbs
- (v) provide with a tube or insert a tube into
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(v) convey in a tube
- inside Paris, they used to tube mail
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(v) ride or float on an inflated tube
- We tubed down the river on a hot summer day
- (v) place or enclose in a tube
Synonyms
tubing electron tube thermionic tube thermionic vacuum tube thermionic valve vacuum tube pipe tube-shaped structure metro subway subway system undergroundWords of close approximity
tubed
tube foot
tubeless
tubeless tire
tubelike
tube-nosed
tube-nosed bat
tube-nosed fruit bat
Tuber
Tuberaceae
Tuberales
tubercle
tubercle bacillus
tubercular
Tubercularia
Tuberculariaceae
tuberculate
tuberculin
tuberculin skin test
tuberculin test
tuberculoid
tuberculoid leprosy
tuberculosis
tuberculous
tuberose
tuberosity
tuberous
tuberous begonia
tuberous plant
tuberous vetch
tuber root
tube-shaped
tube-shaped structure
tube well
tube wrench