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- n conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
- n electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope
- n a hollow cylindrical shape
- n (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure
- n 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' - v provide with a tube or insert a tube into
- v convey in a tube
inside Paris, they used to tube mail - v ride or float on an inflated tube
We tubed down the river on a hot summer day - v place or enclose in a tube
- A generation ago, the Test Tube was the symbol of Science.
- A new X-ray tube which can shoot more concentrated radiation through twelve inches of steel than could all past commercial tubes combined plus all the radium ever mined, was .
- An apothecary or doctor's assistant, marching through the streets with a clyster tube on his shoulder (see cut), became a common sight, as a mania for enemas swept France.