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tube

/tuːb/noun, verb1 syllable

Tube means: electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope.

Synonyms for tube14

noun, as in electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope

vacuum tube, thermionic vacuum tube, thermionic tube, electron tube, thermionic valve

noun, as in an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)

metro, underground, subway system, subway

noun, as in conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases

tubing

noun, as in a hollow cylindrical shape

pipe

noun, as in (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure

tube-shaped structure

also used for tube

boob tube, telly

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What does tube mean?9

noun

1

electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope

2

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’”

3

conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases

4

a hollow cylindrical shape

5

(anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure

verb

1

provide with a tube or insert a tube into

2

convey in a tube“inside Paris, they used to tube mail”

3

ride or float on an inflated tube“We tubed down the river on a hot summer day”

4

place or enclose in a tube

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with tube?3

one syllable

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Show 40 near rhymes
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Tube in a sentence

  • Born in a lab without an actual mother, she was a test-tube baby.kulupuJeti
  • Get the tube, and you'll get to hospital quicker.sundown
  • Which is quicker, a taxi or the tube?sundown
  • Who broke thirteen test tubes, three volumetric flasks and a pipette in the laboratory?mervert1
  • Broken test tubes, cracked beakers - the work of careless students in the laboratory.mervert1
  • Yanni has fluorescent tubes in the kitchen, the bathroom, and the garage.Amastan
  • The laboratory table was full of flasks, retorts, test tubes, and similar equipment.sangelo
  • You can repair multiple windshield chips and cracks with this tube of resin.Amastan

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Forms of tube

as a noun

plural
tubes

as a verb

third-person singular
tubes
present participle
tubing
past participle
tubed
past tense
tubed