Tube
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /tuːb/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tube is a noun meaning Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape.
Meaning
Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape.
More Meanings
- An approximately cylindrical container, usually with a crimped end and a screw top, used to contain and dispense semiliquid substances.
- (Australia, slang) A tin can containing beer.
- (surfing) A wave which pitches forward when breaking, creating a hollow space inside.
- (Canada, US, colloquial) A television. Compare cathode ray tube and picture tube.
- (Scotland, slang) An idiot.
- Short for speaking tube.
- (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.)
Example Sentences
A tube of toothpaste.
Tinnie: a tin of beer — also called a tube.
He took the tube to Westminster and disappeared.
I took the tube to Waterloo and walked the rest of the way.
Word Forms
- tubes
- tubing
- tubed
Synonyms for tube
Depending on context, synonyms include pipe, tubing, subway, metro, underground.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include underground, metro, subway, pipe, tubular, tubule.
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