Definition of Tube

Noun: tube  t(y)oob

  1. Conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects, liquids or gases
    - tubing
     
  2. 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
     
  3. A hollow cylindrical shape
    - pipe
     
  4. (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure
    - tube-shaped structure
     
  5. [UK] 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'";
    - metro, underground [Brit], subway system [N. Amer], subway [N. Amer]
Verb: tube  t(y)oob
  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

See also:
tubby
tubectomy

Anagrams containing the word tube

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