tube
680
2.0
- noun
- /tuːb/
:
tubo
- The dentist used a long tube to suction out excess water during the procedure.
- test tube
- feeding tube
- plastic tube
And then I'll squeeze the whole tube in there.
- And then I'll squeeze the whole tube in there.
- And if you're curious, when I say tubes, it's like a refillable thing.
- It's just like this whole squeezy tube situation with this weird sponge.
Examples
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I swung by and got you a tube of dreamie cream.
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After cutting open the tube, the employees and their supervisor discovered several bags of white powder.
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All our lights are going through this little tube in the back going inside.
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My breathing tube is gone.
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I'm going to put a whole tube of each in the bowl.
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And then I'll squeeze the whole tube in there.
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"...with a long flexible tube that draws the smoke through the water -
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Should you be in the open desert, remember to breathe in through your mouth... and out through this nose tube.
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The only light was when I was brought back and I saw the fluorescent tubes of the hospital.
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Blood is then collected in a capillary tube, ensuring that there are no air bubbles present.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
344
1.0
A long hollow tube that carries water, gas, or oil
183
1.0
A long flexible tube used to carry water
145
4.1
A tube that carries a liquid or gas from one place to another
141
4.0
A tube in the body that carries blood or lymph
64
7.4
A thin flexible tube that you put into the body to drain fluids or keep a passage open
47
6.2
A narrow tube in the body that carries fluid, for example in the ear or tooth
22
2.7
A long hollow pipe that carries liquids, gases, or small objects
18
2.8
A small glass tube closed at one end used in labs to hold, heat, or mix liquids
11
2.8
Long metal or plastic tubes that carry water, oil and gas
3
2.9
A thin round container made of glass used in a lab to hold liquids
2
7.7
A very small tube in living things that carries liquid
1
3.5
A glass container filled with neon gas that glows when electricity passes through it
1
1.9
A long flexible tube used to carry water to a garden
1
7.9
A tube that carries a person's voice between rooms
A very thin tube that makes liquid climb inside it without a pump
A small tube in an organ or device that carries fluid
A hollow tube inside a plant or animal where liquids pass
A tube from the mouth to the anus where food is digested and waste leaves the body
One of two tubes that carry an egg from the ovary to the uterus
A tube in the body with walls of cartilage, like the trachea or ear canal
A tube with a narrow middle that measures how fast liquid moves in a pipe by lowering pressure
A device placed in moving air or water that measures pressure
A tube in a boiler that carries water to be heated to make steam
A tube that sends air into a flame to make it hotter
Idioms
Try to make things the way they were after they changed
Compounds
- Specialized
18
2.8
A small glass tube closed at one end used in labs to hold, heat, or mix liquids
- Specialized
8
5.5
One of two thin tubes in a woman's body that carry an egg from the ovary to the womb
- Informal
3
4.2
A baby that doctors make from an egg and sperm outside the mother's body and put in her womb
- Archaic
1
6.0
A large glass device in old TVs and computer screens that makes pictures with a beam of electrons
- Archaic
1
5.8
A long glass tube inside old televisions that makes the picture on the screen
- Specialized
1
9.1
A small soft tube with a sucker that starfish and sea urchins use to move, eat, and breathe
- Specialized
1
4.8
A flexible tube placed in the windpipe to keep the airway open and help breathing
- Specialized
1
3.5
A glass container filled with neon gas that glows when electricity passes through it
- Specialized
1
6.8
A narrow tube that connects the middle ear to the throat and equalizes ear pressure
- Specialized
1
6.8
A small tube that measures how fast air moves to show an airplane's speed
- Specialized
A tube-shaped part of a flower that holds the leaf-like parts under the petals, often seen in roses
- Specialized
A tube in the body with walls of cartilage, like the trachea or ear canal
- Archaic
A large glass part inside old televisions that shows pictures in color
- Archaic
A glass bulb inside older televisions that makes the screen show color pictures
- Specialized
A device that detects radiation by counting particles in a tube filled with gas
- Archaic
A partly empty glass container that makes glowing rays when electricity passes through it and helped find electrons
- Specialized
A tube from the mouth to the anus where food is digested and waste leaves the body
- Archaic
A glass or metal device that controls electric current in old radios and televisions
- Archaic
A small vacuum tube shaped like an acorn used for high-frequency radio signals
- Specialized
A tube that connects the middle ear to the back of the nose to make ear pressure the same
- Specialized
An instrument that makes standing sound waves visible in a tube to measure sound speed in air or solids
- Specialized
A small tube inside a Geiger counter that gives a signal when radiation passes through
- Specialized
Thin tube that grows out of a spore when it starts to grow, often in fungi
- Specialized
A glass or metal tube filled with gas that makes light when electricity passes through it
- Specialized
A device that measures radiation by detecting tiny charged particles in a gas tube
- Specialized
A tube inserted through the nose into the windpipe to help a person breathe
- Specialized
A tube that detects radiation and gives an electrical signal showing how strong the radiation is
- Archaic
A glass tube with two metal parts that changes alternating current into direct current
- Specialized
A small tube on a plane that measures air pressure to show the speed of the plane
- Specialized
A thin tube from a pollen grain that grows to carry male cells to the ovule for fertilization
- Archaic
An electronic tube in early television cameras that turns light into electrical signals
- Archaic
A device used in old television cameras to change an image into electronic signals
- Archaic
A glass or metal device that controls the flow of electricity in old radios and machines
- Archaic
A glass or metal tube that uses heat to make electricity flow without air
- Australian
A bat that eats fruit and has tube-shaped nostrils that point away from each other
- Specialized
A tube made of cells joined end to end that carries nutrients in flowering plants and some algae
- Specialized
A tube with a narrow middle that measures how fast liquid moves in a pipe by lowering pressure
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Etymology
Tube comes from an old Latin word tubus meaning 'pipe' or 'trumpet', so a tube is a long, hollow object for carrying liquids, gases, or other things.