tube

[US]/tjuːb/
[UK]/tuːb/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. pipe; electronic device; tunnel
vt. to put something into a tube; to transport using a tube
vi. [slang] to fail a test; to travel by subway.

Phrases & Collocations

inner tube

test tube

tube station

YouTube

tube top

steel tube

seamless steel tube

copper tube

glass tube

tube wall

tube sheet

stainless steel tube

tube bundle

seamless tube

fallopian tube

vacuum tube

draft tube

metal tube

finned tube

capillary tube

tube mill

furnace tube

picture tube

Example Sentences

a tube of toothpaste.

a tube of lager.

a tube of Smarties.

exhaust a tube of air

Give the tube of toothpaste a squeeze.

I caught the tube home.

tubes of digestive mints.

the paint is more fluid than tube watercolours.

watching the tube in a country bar.

self-sealing pneumatic tube system

The tube is ten feet wide in the clear.

cathode-ray memory tube ;cathoderay memory tube;cathode ray memory tube;cathode ray storage tube;cathode-ray storage tube;

This is accomplished by the use of full-length eductor tubes (dip tubes) and gooseneck eductor tubes (see Fig. 1).

a shipment of steel tubes destined for Iraq.

the tube had an internal diameter of 1.1 mm.

a glass tube closed at one end.

on the way to the tube station she passed a cinema.

Real-world Examples

Let's remove the air from your inner tube.

Source: American Family Universal Parent-Child English

So I have these packing tubes here.

Source: Scientific World

We have an inner tube in there.

Source: VOA Standard English_ Technology

So those numbers you see are nixie tubes.

Source: Connection Magazine

Judy is a pupil. She has some tubes.

Source: Shanghai Education Edition Oxford Primary English (Starting from Grade 3) Grade 4 Upper Volume

Are these the tubes that we see out there?

Source: CNN 10 Student English October 2018 Collection

I mean part of your resonance tube is blocked.

Source: PBS Fun Science Popularization

I put that tube top on as a joke.

Source: Friends Season 9

We've really got to grease that tube!

Source: Grammar Lecture Hall

They fill these tubes with gases that glow when electrified.

Source: Past English Level 4 Reading Exam Papers

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