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tube

UK/tuːb/ US/tʃuːb/ common informal slang uk us
noun (5) verb (4)

noun

1.

conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases

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verb

1.

provide with a tube or insert a tube into

2.

convey in a tube

  • “inside Paris, they used to tube mail”
3.

ride or float on an inflated tube

  • “We tubed down the river on a hot summer day”
4.

place or enclose in a tube

Origin

From Middle French tube, from Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”), related to tuba (“long trumpet; war-trumpet”), of obscure ultimate origin, but possibly connected to tībia (“shinbone, reed-pipe”); see there. Doublet of tubus.

Phrases

  • Abbott-Miller tube
  • artillery tube
  • audion tube
  • auditory tube
  • banded tube
  • boiler tube
  • boiling tube
  • boob tube

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