tubular
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- adjective
- /ˈtjuːbjələr/
- The low-mount, diamond-framed safety bicycle had two wheels of equal size and a tubular steel frame.
- tubular beads
- tubular glass
- tubular structure
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Examples
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Its numerous round heads of yellow, tubular flowers grow at the tips of three-foot-long branches.
Academic text (1991) -
The furnishings were striking: light wood, tubular steel, stark geometric shapes.
Fiction book (2002) -
We have a little tube here, a little tubular tube.
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This ziti, well, it's long and it's tubular, like a little tube.
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Finally we have reached my favorite portion of the race, which is this fantastic tubular course in a drainpipe!
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The artist created a sculpture featuring a series of tubular shapes that resembled pipes.
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We installed a tubular heater in the bathroom to ensure warmth during the chilly months.
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The bicycle's frame is made from a strong, lightweight material that is shaped in a tubular design.
Synonyms
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A long round shape with straight, parallel sides like a tube
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A long round hollow shape that lets air or water pass
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Having the shape of a hollow tube that lets water pass
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Long and round like a tube
Shaped like a tube used for carrying liquid
A shape like a tube that lets liquids flow through it
Antonyms
Compounds
- Jargon
A tube-shaped tool that controls a climbing rope to stop falls or lower someone
How Tube-Like
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word tubular comes from the simple word tube, which means 'a hollow tube' or 'pipe'. So something tubular is 'shaped like a tube' and lets air or liquid pass through it.