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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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noun
Tubes, considered as a group.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: collective, countable, uncountable
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noun
A length of tube, or a system of tubes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Riding down a river on an inner tube recreationally.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Tobogganing down a snowy slope or toboggan run on an inner tube.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
present participle and gerund of tube
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: tube
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: conduit
Narrower terms: barrel, gun barrel, blowgun, blowpipe, blowtube, blow tube, cannula, capillary, capillary tube, capillary tubing, catheter, cigarette holder, coil, column, chromatography column, drain, hose, hosepipe, inner tube, mouthpiece, pea shooter, pipe, pipage, piping, tobacco pipe, silencer, siphon, syphon, speaking tube, stem, stent, straw, drinking straw, test tube, torpedo tube, venturi, well point, wellpoint
History
From tube + -ing.
Across languages
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
