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Tube

noun
/tjuːb/
Word Frequency: 30.3

Definitions

1.nounAnything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape.
2.nounAn approximately cylindrical container, usually with a crimped end and a screw top, used to contain and dispense semiliquid substances.
"A tube of toothpaste."
3.noun(often capitalized as Tube) 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.)
"I took the tube to Waterloo and walked the rest of the way."
4.nounA tin can containing beer.
5.nounA wave which pitches forward when breaking, creating a hollow space inside.
6.nounA television.
"Are you just going to sit around all day and watch the tube?"
7.nounAn idiot.
8.verbTo supply with, or enclose in, a tube.
"She tubes lipstick in the cosmetics factory."
9.verbTo ride an inner tube.
"They tubed down the Colorado River."
10.verbTo intubate.
"The patient was tubed."

Synonyms

boob tubetellyundergroundelectron tubevacuum tubethermionic valvemetrosubwaypipethermionic tubethermionic vacuum tubetube-shaped structure

Rhymes With

boobjujubelubeice cubebouillon cubestock cubezubecube
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