Tube - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope
- a hollow cylindrical shape (syn: pipe)
- (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure
- an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city) (syn: metro, subway, underground)
verb
- convey in a tube
Extra examples
She was breathing oxygen through a tube.
...watched the liquid move through the tube between the flasks and recorded the movement in his chemistry notebook...
He tubed every test last week.
Take the tube to Acton.
It's best to travel by tube.
What's on the tube tonight?
We tubed down the river on a hot summer day
To borrow a phrase from my mother, I spend too much time “watching the boob tube” and not enough time outside.
...the tube TV was so bulky that it was difficult for the movers to get a solid handgrip on it...
Treatment may include the insertion of a tube in his ear.
...the surgeon tied a ligature around the tube to keep it in place...
The experimental tube is now before you.
I squeezed the last bit of toothpaste out the tube.
Wrap the tube in a piece of white paper.
The top of the inlet tube is protected by a series of baffles.
Word forms
singular: tube
plural: tubes
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