tube
/tˈub/
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Definitions
Noun
conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
Noun
electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope
Noun
a hollow cylindrical shape
Noun
(anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure
Noun
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''"
Verb
provide with a tube or insert a tube into
Verb
convey in a tube; "inside Paris, they used to tube mail"
Verb
ride or float on an inflated tube; "We tubed down the river on a hot summer day"
Verb
place or enclose in a tube
Synonyms
electron tube
metro
pipe
subway
subway system
thermionic tube
thermionic vacuum tube
thermionic valve
tube-shaped structure
tubing
underground
vacuum tube
More General Terms
anatomical structure
bodily structure
body structure
bring
complex body part
conduit
convey
cylinder
electronic device
enclose
enfold
envelop
enwrap
furnish
provide
railroad
railroad line
railway
railway line
railway system
render
ride
structure
supply
take
wrap
More Specific Terms
acorn tube
barrel
blow tube
blowgun
blowpipe
blowtube
cannula
capillary
capillary tube
capillary tubing
catheter
chromatography column
cigarette holder
cochlea
coil
column
diode
drain
drinking straw
electron multiplier
gas-discharge tube
gun barrel
hose
hosepipe
inner tube
klystron
magnetron
mouthpiece
pea shooter
pentode
pipage
pipe
piping
rectifying tube
rectifying valve
salpinx
silencer
siphon
speaking tube
stem
stent
straw
syphon
television pickup tube
television-camera tube
test tube
tetrode
tobacco pipe
torpedo tube
triode
tubule
vas
venturi
vessel
well point
wellpoint
X-ray tube