tube: Meaning and Definition of

tube

1. a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used esp. for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
2. a small, collapsible, cylinder of metal or plastic sealed at one end and having a capped opening at the other from which paint, toothpaste, or some other semifluid substance may be squeezed.
3. any hollow, cylindrical vessel or organ: the bronchial tubes.
1. any hollow, elongated body or part.
2. the united lower portion of a gamopetalous corolla or a gamosepalous calyx.
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1. television.
2. a television set.
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9. the tubular tunnel in which an underground railroad runs.
10. the railroad itself.
11. the curled hollow formed on the underside of a cresting wave.
12. subway (def. 1).
13. a can of beer.
14. a telescope.
15. into a ruined, wasted, or abandoned state or condition.

1. to furnish with a tube or tubes.
2. to convey or enclose in a tube.
3. to form into the shape of a tube; make tubular.