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tube
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- pronunciation:
- tub
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun)
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a hollow cylinder made of glass, metal, or rubber used esp. for holding or conveying liquids.
- synonyms:
- duct, pipe
- similar words:
- catheter, channel, conduit, drain, hose, line, main, pipette, siphon, spout, straw
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| definition 2: |
anything shaped like such a hollow cylinder.
- synonyms:
- cylinder, roll
- similar words:
- barrel, chimney, flue, pillar, pipe, shaft, shoot, trough, tunnel
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| definition 3: |
a small, flexible cylinder that is sealed at one end and closed with a screw cap on the other and from which substances such as toothpaste or paint can be squeezed.
- similar words:
- container
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| definition 4: |
(informal) television (prec. by "the").
- synonyms:
- television, TV
- similar words:
- set
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| definition 5: |
(chiefly British; informal) an underground railway system.
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| definition 6: |
(informal) (cap.) the London underground railway system (prec. by "the").
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| related words: |
canal |
adjective + (n.)tube
blocked,
bronchial,
cardboard,
cathode-ray,
down,
feeding,
flexible,
fluorescent,
giant,
hollow,
inner,
intravenous,
narrow,
neural,
optical,
pneumatic,
round,
rubber,
spare,
stainless,
surgical,
thick,
thin,
tiny,
top,
upper
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verb + (n.)tube
block, breathe, disconnect, feed, float, flow, glue, hook, insert, install, load, rotate, slide, squeeze, test, tire
(n.)tube
+ verb
attach, connect, cool, drain, extend, glow, mount, place, pump, reinsert, remove, seal, shape, snake, stick, suck, tie, wrap
noun + (n.)tube
aluminum,
ballast,
boiler,
boob,
bottle,
bottom,
brass,
breathing,
carbon,
cathode,
chest,
choke,
copper,
draft,
drainage,
extension,
feed,
float,
fork,
frame,
glass,
hole,
laser,
launch,
lava,
metal,
neon,
ovary,
oxygen,
plastic,
ray,
removal,
resistance,
respirator,
scope,
seat,
silicone,
steel,
suction,
telescope,
test,
torpedo,
tracheotomy,
urethra,
vacuum,
vent,
ventilation
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
tubes, tubing, tubed |
| definition 1: |
to place in a tube.
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| definition 2: |
to provide with a tube or tubes.
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| derivation: |
tubelike (adj.) |
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