tube
♦ tube /tj'uːb, AM t'uːb/ (tubes)
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A tube is a long hollow object that is usually round, like a pipe.
He is fed by a tube that enters his nose.
...a cardboard tube.
2 [N-COUNT] oft N of n
A tube of something such as paste is a long, thin container which you squeeze in order to force the paste out.
...a tube of toothpaste.
...a small tube of moisturizer.
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Some long, thin, hollow parts in your body are referred to as tubes.
The lungs are in fact constructed of thousands of tiny tubes.
4 [N-SING] the N, also by N
The tube is the underground railway system in London. (BRIT)
I took the tube then the train and came straight here...
5 [N-COUNT] the N
You can refer to the television as the tube. (AM INFORMAL; in BRIT, use the box)
The only baseball he saw was on the tube.
= TV
6 [PHRASE] V inflects
If a business, economy, or institution goes down the tubes or goes down the tube, it fails or collapses completely. (mainly AM INFORMAL)
The country was going down the tubes economically...
7
see also bronchial tube, cathode-ray tube, inner tube, inner tube, test tubeboob tube (boob tubes)
1 [N-SING] the N
The boob tube is the television. (mainly AM INFORMAL; in BRIT, use idiot box)
...hours spent in front of the boob tube.
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A boob tube is a piece of women's clothing made of stretchy material that covers only her chest. (BRIT INFORMAL; in AM, use tube top)bron|chial tube (bronchial tubes)
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Your bronchial tubes are the two tubes which connect your windpipe to your lungs. (MEDICAL)cathode-ray tube (cathode-ray tubes)
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A cathode-ray tube is a device in televisions and computer terminals which sends an image onto the screen. (TECHNICAL)fal|lo|pian tube /fəl'oʊpiən tj'uːb, AM - t'uːb/ (fallopian tubes)
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A woman's fallopian tubes are the two tubes in her body along which eggs pass from her ovaries to her womb.in|ner tube (inner tubes)
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An inner tube is a rubber tube containing air which is inside a car tyre or a bicycle tyre.test tube (test tubes)
also test-tube
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A test tube is a small tube-shaped container made from glass. Test tubes are used in laboratories.tube top (tube tops)
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A tube top is a piece of women's clothing that is made of stretchy material and covers her chest but leaves her shoulders bare. (AM; in BRIT, use boob tube)
1 [N-COUNT]
A tube is a long hollow object that is usually round, like a pipe.
He is fed by a tube that enters his nose.
...a cardboard tube.
2 [N-COUNT] oft N of n
A tube of something such as paste is a long, thin container which you squeeze in order to force the paste out.
...a tube of toothpaste.
...a small tube of moisturizer.
3 [N-COUNT]
Some long, thin, hollow parts in your body are referred to as tubes.
The lungs are in fact constructed of thousands of tiny tubes.
4 [N-SING] the N, also by N
The tube is the underground railway system in London. (BRIT)
I took the tube then the train and came straight here...
5 [N-COUNT] the N
You can refer to the television as the tube. (AM INFORMAL; in BRIT, use the box)
The only baseball he saw was on the tube.
= TV
6 [PHRASE] V inflects
If a business, economy, or institution goes down the tubes or goes down the tube, it fails or collapses completely. (mainly AM INFORMAL)
The country was going down the tubes economically...
7
see also bronchial tube, cathode-ray tube, inner tube, inner tube, test tubeboob tube (boob tubes)
1 [N-SING] the N
The boob tube is the television. (mainly AM INFORMAL; in BRIT, use idiot box)
...hours spent in front of the boob tube.
2 [N-COUNT]
A boob tube is a piece of women's clothing made of stretchy material that covers only her chest. (BRIT INFORMAL; in AM, use tube top)bron|chial tube (bronchial tubes)
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Your bronchial tubes are the two tubes which connect your windpipe to your lungs. (MEDICAL)cathode-ray tube (cathode-ray tubes)
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A cathode-ray tube is a device in televisions and computer terminals which sends an image onto the screen. (TECHNICAL)fal|lo|pian tube /fəl'oʊpiən tj'uːb, AM - t'uːb/ (fallopian tubes)
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A woman's fallopian tubes are the two tubes in her body along which eggs pass from her ovaries to her womb.in|ner tube (inner tubes)
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An inner tube is a rubber tube containing air which is inside a car tyre or a bicycle tyre.test tube (test tubes)
also test-tube
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A test tube is a small tube-shaped container made from glass. Test tubes are used in laboratories.tube top (tube tops)
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A tube top is a piece of women's clothing that is made of stretchy material and covers her chest but leaves her shoulders bare. (AM; in BRIT, use boob tube)