Definitions for tube
tube
tube
Spelling: [toob, tyoob]
IPA: /tub, tyub/
Tube is a 4 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.
You can make 28 anagrams from letters in tube (betu).
Definitions for tube
noun
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a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
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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.
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Anatomy, Zoology. any hollow, cylindrical vessel or organ:
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Botany.
any hollow, elongated body or part.
the united lower portion of a gamopetalous corolla or a gamosepalous calyx.
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inner tube.
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Electronics. electron tube.
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Informal.
television.
a television set.
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mailing tube.
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the tubular tunnel in which an underground railroad runs.
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the railroad itself.
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Surfing Slang. the curled hollow formed on the underside of a cresting wave.
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British. subway (def 1).
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Australian Slang. a can of beer.
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Older Slang. a telescope.
Idioms
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down the tube / tubes, Informal. into a ruined, wasted, or abandoned state or condition.
verb (used with object)
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to furnish with a tube or tubes.
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to convey or enclose in a tube.
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to form into the shape of a tube; make tubular.
Origin of tube
First recorded in 1590-1600, tube is from the Latin word tubus pipe
Examples for tube
There was a sneer on the monster as he pressed something on the tube.
If ever I give up my music," he says, "you might see me on the tube one day with a hood over my head climbing into a ring.
"Good-morning," he said to the man who had instructed him concerning the tube.
The Viceroy turned suddenly, stared at them, fingering his tube.
Also, because a tube of lipstick stands in for the “i” in “science.”
Having a tube jabbed into an open wound in your throat is clearly not pleasant.
IranWire: Why did you decide to respond to Iranian state television by publishing a video of you singing in a London tube station?
When the tube heats up, it creates steam that can be injected into the oil well.
Ned closed his hand on the tube of the bazooka and it was so much old drainpipe.
There were only a Ruhmkorff coil and Crookes (vacuum) tube and the man himself.