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tube

noun

1 tube

Conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases.

synonym: tubing.

Dutch: koker, buis, kanaal, pijp, pijpje
Polish: tuba

2 tube

Electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope.

synonyms: electron tube, thermionic tube, thermionic vacuum tube, thermionic valve, vacuum tube.

Dutch: elektronenbuis, kathodestraalbuis, lamp, radiobuis, radiolamp, vacuümbuis
Polish: elektronówka

3 tube

A hollow cylindrical shape.

synonym: pipe.

Roget 260: hole, foramen; puncture, perforation; fontanel; transforation; pinhole, keyhole, loophole, porthole, peephole, mousehole, pigeonhole; eye of a needle; ... show more

Dutch: buis
Polish: tuba

4 tube

anatomy Any hollow cylindrical body structure.

synonym: tube-shaped structure.

5 tube

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'.

synonyms: metro, subway, subway system, underground.

Dutch: metrostel, metro, ondergrondse
Polish: metro

verb

1 tube

Provide with a tube or insert a tube into.

2 tube

Convey in a tube.

3 tube

Ride or float on an inflated tube.

4 tube

Place or enclose in a tube.


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