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nouna hollow cylindrical shape
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noun(anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure
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"in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground'"nounan electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)
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nounconduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
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nounelectronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelopetype of:part of:
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"inside Paris, they used to tube mail"verbconvey in a tube
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verbplace or enclose in a tube
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verbprovide with a tube or insert a tube into
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"We tubed down the river on a hot summer day"verbride or float on an inflated tubetype of:
Definition that contains tube
- drain tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material
- genus arisarum tuberous or rhizomatous perennial herbs; mainly Mediterranean area
- mantoux test tuberculin (a derivative of tubercle bacillus) is injected intradermally; a red area appearing 1-3 days later signifies an exposure (past or present) to tubercle bacilli and the need for further testing
- arisaema tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials
- begonia dregei tuberous or semi-tuberous South African begonia having shallowly lobed ovate leaves and small white flowers
- arisarum vulgare tuberous perennial having a cowl-shaped maroon or violet-black spathe; Mediterranean; Canaries; Azores
- lupus vulgaris tuberculosis of the skin; appears first on the face and heals slowly leaving deep scars
- genus arisaema tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials
- sieve tube tube formed by cells joined end-to-end through which nutrients flow in flowering plants and brown algae
- grape-leaf begonia tuberous or semi-tuberous South African begonia having shallowly lobed ovate leaves and small white flowers