Meaning & Definition of Tube in English
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Tube
/tub/
noun
1. Conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
synonym:
- tube,
- tubing
2. Electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope
synonym:
- tube,
- vacuum tube,
- thermionic vacuum tube,
- thermionic tube,
- electron tube,
- thermionic valve
3. A hollow cylindrical shape
synonym:
- pipe,
- tube
4. (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure
synonym:
- tube,
- tube-shaped structure
5. 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'"
synonym:
- metro,
- tube,
- underground,
- subway system,
- subway
verb
1. Provide with a tube or insert a tube into
synonym:
- tube
2. Convey in a tube
- "Inside paris, they used to tube mail"
synonym:
- tube
3. Ride or float on an inflated tube
- "We tubed down the river on a hot summer day"
synonym:
- tube
4. Place or enclose in a tube
synonym:
- tube
Examples of using
Get me a tube of toothpaste while you're at the store.
We still have an old tube television.
You can't put toothpaste back in the tube.