Definition of Tube

  • (n.) A hollow cylinder, of any material, used for the conveyance of fluids, and for various other purposes; a pipe.
  • (n.) A telescope.
  • (n.) A vessel in animal bodies or plants, which conveys a fluid or other substance.
  • (n.) The narrow, hollow part of a gamopetalous corolla.
  • (n.) A priming tube, or friction primer. See under Priming, and Friction.
  • (n.) A small pipe forming part of the boiler, containing water and surrounded by flame or hot gases, or else surrounded by water and forming a flue for the gases to pass through.
  • (n.) A more or less cylindrical, and often spiral, case secreted or constructed by many annelids, crustaceans, insects, and other animals, for protection or concealment. See Illust. of Tubeworm.
  • (n.) One of the siphons of a bivalve mollusk.
  • (v. t.) To furnish with a tube; as, to tube a well.

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