Meaning

Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape..

Definitions by Sense

1. Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape.
2. An approximately cylindrical container, usually with a crimped end and a screw top, used to contain and dispense semiliquid substances.
3. (British, colloquial, often capitalised as Tube, a trademark) The London Underground railway system, originally referred to the lower level lines that ran in tubular tunnels as opposed to the higher ones which ran in rectangular section tunnels. (Often the tube.)
4. (Australia, slang) A tin can containing beer.
5. (surfing) A wave which pitches forward when breaking, creating a hollow space inside.
6. (Canada, US, colloquial) A television. Compare cathode ray tube and picture tube.
7. (Scotland, slang) An idiot.
8. Short for speaking tube.

Example Sentences

But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶[…]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window […], and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge, little dreaming that the deadly tube was levelled at them.

A tube of toothpaste.

I took the tube to Waterloo and walked the rest of the way.

He took the tube to Westminster and disappeared.

The economist also observed that some of the Victoria Line's cost should be debited to existing lines, as they would benefit from the rebuilding of their interchange stations with the new tube.

Beer is also available from bottleshops (or bottle-o's) in cases (or 'slabs') of 24-36 cans (‘tinnies' or ‘tubes') or bottles (‘stubbies') of 375ml each.

It's alright to cop a warm tube of Fosters and a cold pie 'n' peas when you're dated by one of the locals[.]

Tinnie: a tin of beer — also called a tube.

Word Forms

• tubes
• tubing
• tubed

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