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tube
[ toob, tyoob ]
noun
- a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- a small, collapsible, cylinder of metal or plastic sealed at one end and having a capped opening at the other from which paint, toothpaste, or some other semifluid substance may be squeezed.
- Anatomy, Zoology. any hollow, cylindrical vessel or organ:
the bronchial tubes.
- Botany.
- any hollow, elongated body or part.
- the united lower portion of a gamopetalous corolla or a gamosepalous calyx.
- Electronics. electron tube.
- Informal.
- a television set.
- the tubular tunnel in which an underground railroad runs.
- the railroad itself.
- Surfing Slang. the curled hollow formed on the underside of a cresting wave.
- British. subway ( def 1 ).
- Australian Slang. a can of beer.
- Older Slang. a telescope.
verb (used with object)
- to furnish with a tube or tubes.
- to convey or enclose in a tube.
- to form into the shape of a tube; make tubular.
tube
/ ː /
noun
- a long hollow and typically cylindrical object, used for the passage of fluids or as a container
- a collapsible cylindrical container of soft metal or plastic closed with a cap, used to hold viscous liquids or pastes
- anatomy
- short for Eustachian tube Fallopian tube
- any hollow cylindrical structure
- botany
- the lower part of a gamopetalous corolla or gamosepalous calyx, below the lobes
- any other hollow structure in a plant
- the tube
- Also calledthe underground an underground railway system US and Canadian equivalentsubway
- the tunnels through which the railway runs
- the train itself
- capital the London underground railway system
- electronics
- another name for valve
- the tube slang.a television set
- slang.a stupid or despicable person
- slang.a bottle or can of beer
- surfing the cylindrical passage formed when a wave breaks and the crest tips forward
- an archaic word for telescope
verb
- to fit or supply with a tube or tubes
- to carry or convey in a tube
- to shape like a tube
Derived Forms
- ˈٳܲ-, adjective
- ˈٳܲ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ٳܲl adjective
- ٳܲl adjective
- ܱt·ٳܲ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of tube1
Word History and Origins
Origin of tube1
Idioms and Phrases
- down the tube / tubes, Informal. into a ruined, wasted, or abandoned state or condition.
More idioms and phrases containing tube
see down the tubes .Example Sentences
Fed from glaciers on Mount Shasta’s majestic slopes, Mossbrae Falls cascades out of lava tubes and down mossy cliffs into the Sacramento River in ethereal curtains of mist, sending rainbows dancing in all directions.
"Whereas one salon customer needs attention from the receptionist, the apprentice for hair-washing, and the stylist in that same hour and we can only claim VAT back on a tube of hair colour."
"This all happened on the fourth day of the trip. We did the tubing that day and that was good," she says.
It also stayed attached to the left fallopian tube and cervix.
It's one of five parallel tubes in each element.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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