tubing
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2.7
- noun
- /ˈtuːbɪŋ/
:
tubo
- Get the other end of the tubing and put it in the bottle.
- steel tubing
- stainless-steel tubing
- vinyl tubing
So I'm just going to feed the tubing up through the pot like so.
- So I'm just going to feed the tubing up through the pot like so.
- And the heat gun both shrinks the heat shrink tubing.
Examples
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You used thin-walled tubing to keep the weight down.
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Tanks of gas with rubber tubing and a mask stood next to a bed in one corner.
Fiction book (1999) -
Do you think the tubing will hold?
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So I'm just going to feed the tubing up through the pot like so.
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Looks like we've got the main line tubing here, some raised bed tubing, some in ground bed tubing.
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There, it is allowed to "drip" out of the tubing at regular intervals.
Academic text (2001) -
In my bag there's some surgical tubing.
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A wall of foam and steel tubing that rings the outside of the track and absorbs some of the high-G impact from an accident.
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Behind a curtain, May lies sleeping, IV tubing supplying nutrition, an oxygen mask supplying life.
Fiction book (1999) -
The plumber connected the new tubing to the faucet to ensure a steady water supply.
Synonyms
680
2.0
A long hollow thing like a pipe that carries liquids or gases, sometimes inside the body
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
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3.7
A long pipe that carries oil or gas across land
11
2.8
Long metal or plastic tubes that carry water, oil and gas
1
4.4
A network of tubes in a building that carries air or gas
1
1.9
A long flexible tube used to carry water to a garden
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Etymology
Tubing comes from the common word tube, which means a 'hollow pipe'. The ending -ing turns the idea of a tube into the thing or material made of tubes, so tubing means lengths of hollow pipe used to carry liquids, gases, or objects.