TUBE

Tube

A tube, or tubing, is a long hollow cylinder used for moving fluids or to protect electrical or optical cables and wires.

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tube

Noun

  1. Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape.
  2. An approximately cylindrical container, usually with a crimped end and a screw top, used to contain and dispense semi-liquid substances.
  3. The London Underground railway system, originally referred to the lower level lines that ran in tubular tunnels as opposed to the higher ones which ran in rectangular section tunnels. (Often the tube.)
  4. A tin can containing beer (or other beverage?).
  5. A wave which pitches forward when breaking, creating a hollow space inside.
  6. A television. Also, derisively, boob tube. British: telly

Verb

  1. To make or use tubes
    She tubes lipstick.
    They tubed down the Colorado River.


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