tube /tūb/

1. A pipe
2. Any long hollow body
3. A telescope or other optical instrument (also optic tube; archaic)
4. A collapsible cylinder from which material in the form of paste or viscous liquid can be squeezed out
5. A thermionic valve (N American)
6. An underground railway running through tube-shaped tunnels, specif (with cap; with the) the London Underground (informal)
7. The united part of calyx, corolla, etc (botany)
8. Any vessel in a plant or animal body
9. An aircraft (slang)
10. A television set (slang)
11. A can or bottle of beer (Aust sl)
12. An extremely stupid person (slang)

1. To provide with, fit with or enclose in a tube
2. To insert a tube in the neck of (a horse) to help breathing

To travel by tube

tubˈage noun

Insertion of a tube

tubˈal, tubˈar or tubˈate adjective

Tubular

tubecˈtomy noun (medicine)

Surgical cutting or removal of the Fallopian tubes

tubed /tūbd/ adjective

tubeˈful noun (pl tubeˈfuls)

tubeˈless adjective

tubeˈlike adjective

tubˈer noun

A participant in the sport of tubing (see below)

tubicˈolar or tubicˈolous adjective

Inhabiting a tube

tubˈicole noun

A tubicolous animal or plant (also adjective)

tubifloˈrous adjective

Having tubular flowers

tubˈiform adjective

Shaped like a tube

tubˈing noun

1. The act of making or supplying tubes
2. The activity of travelling through water or snow in an inflated inner tube
3. Tubes collectively
4. Material for tubes

tubˈoplasty noun (medicine)

Surgical repair of a Fallopian tube

tubˈūlar adjective

1. Having the form of a tube
2. Made of or with tubes
3. Having a sound like that made by the passage of air through a tube

Tubūlāˈria noun

A genus of Hydrozoa

tubūlāˈrian adjective and noun

tubūlarˈity noun

tubˈūlate transitive verb

1. To form into a tube
2. To provide with a tube

Tubular

tubˈūlated adjective

tubūlāˈtion noun

tubˈūlature noun

tubˈūle noun

A small tube

Tubūlifloˈrae plural noun

A section of the Compositae with tubular disc flowers

tubūlifloˈral or tubūlifloˈrous adjective

tubˈulin noun (biology)

A globular protein which forms the basic unit for the contraction of microtubules

tubˈūlous adjective

Tubular

tubal ligation noun

The placing of a clip or ligature round a loop in each of the Fallopian tubes as a means of sterilization

tube foot noun

In echinoderms, a tube protruding through a pore, used in locomotion and respiration

tubeless tyre or tubeless tire see under tyre

tubeˈnose noun

Any seabird of the order Procellariiformes, characterized by having extended tubular nostrils (also called petrel)

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