Search Result:tube
KK Pronunciation
〔 tub,tjub 〕
Pronunciation
〔 tjuːb 〕
Overview of noun tube
The noun tube has 5 senses
- tube, tubing -- (conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases)
- tube, vacuum tube, thermionic vacuum tube, thermionic tube, electron tube, thermionic valve -- (electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope)
- pipe, tube -- (a hollow cylindrical shape)
- tube, tube-shaped structure -- ((anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure)
- metro, tube, underground, subway system, subway -- (an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city); "in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground'")
Overview of verb tube
The verb tube has 4 senses
- tube -- (provide with a tube or insert a tube into)
- tube -- (convey in a tube; "inside Paris, they used to tube mail")
- tube -- (ride or float on an inflated tube; "We tubed down the river on a hot summer day")
- tube -- (place or enclose in a tube)