Word: Tube
How to pronounce: tjuːb
Noun
Definitions:
1. A long, hollow cylinder of metal, plastic, glass, etc. for holding or transporting something, chiefly liquids or gases.
Example sentences: "A plastic tube is connected to the tap and the beer is ready to be pulled"
2. A thing in the form of or resembling a tube.
Example sentences: "Three works could be manipulated; the massed tubes formed a square or circle mounted on a base that allowed a segment or the whole piece to be rotated by hand."
3. The subway system in London.
Example sentences: "A cross-London trek on the Tube"
4. A sealed container, typically of glass and either evacuated or filled with gas, containing two electrodes between which an electric current can be made to flow.
Example sentences: "Early diodes in electronics were made from metal plates sealed inside evacuated glass tubes, which could be seen glowing in the innards of old radio sets."
Verb
Definitions:
1. Fit (a person or animal) with a tube to assist breathing, especially after a laryngotomy.
2. Convey in a tube.
3. Ride on water on a large inflated inner tube.
Synonyms:
pipe
snorkel
channel
pipework
funnel
underground
metro
subway
tunnel
subway system
vial
drawtube
tubus
beaker
piping
conduit
duct
box
line
lamp
bulb
draw tube
probe
telly
tv
electron tube
Derivations:
tubing
tub
tuber
tubed
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Tube in Other Languages...
Spanish: Tubo
German: Rohr
French: Tube
Italian: Tubo
Turkish: Tüp
