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How to pronounce tube in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms pipe
Type of cylinder
Type Words
Synonyms tube-shaped structure
Type of structure, body structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure
Has types vessel, vas, tubule, cochlea, salpinx
Derivation tubal
Type Words
Synonyms metro, subway, subway system, underground
Type of railway line, railroad, railroad line, railway, railway system


in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground'.
Type Words
Synonyms tubing
Type of conduit
Has types column, venturi, drain, drinking straw, torpedo tube, tobacco pipe, test tube, syphon, straw, gun barrel, hose, hosepipe, inner tube, stent, stem, mouthpiece, pea shooter, speaking tube, pipage, pipe, piping, siphon, silencer, wellpoint, barrel, blow tube, blowgun, blowpipe, blowtube, cannula, capillary, capillary tube, capillary tubing, catheter, well point, chromatography column, cigarette holder, coil
Derivation tubular
Type Words
Synonyms electron tube, thermionic tube, thermionic vacuum tube, thermionic valve, vacuum tube
Type of electronic device
Has types klystron, acorn tube, pentode, gas-discharge tube, x-ray tube, television-camera tube, television pickup tube, electron multiplier, tetrode, magnetron, rectifying tube, triode, diode, rectifying valve
Type Words
Type of bring, convey, take
Derivation tubing


inside Paris, they used to tube mail.
Type Words
Type of enfold, envelop, enwrap, wrap, enclose
Type Words
Type of render, supply, furnish, provide
Type Words
Type of ride


We tubed down the river on a hot summer day.

Examples of tube

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Last week doctors placed a tube in her head to drain excess cerebrospinal fluid.
From the bostonherald.com
The only way to alleviate the pressure is to insert a tube or shunt to drain it.
From the us.cnn.com
The peanut is at the bottom of the tube, which is fastened securely to her cage.
From the bloomberg.com
If the bottom end of the tube fails to close, the defect is called spina bifida.
From the charlotteobserver.com
The $10 per person cost includes an inner tube, one shuttle and all-day parking.
From the post-gazette.com
Two colorful play structures include long ramps, tube slides, and swinging bars.
From the sfgate.com
Put the dough into a decorating tube or pastry bag fitted with a large star tip.
From the dailynews.com
Crappies also were hitting on tube jigs and minnows near brush piles and ledges.
From the post-gazette.com
During the arrest, a purple plastic cigar tube was found in Handy's left pocket.
From the delawareonline.com
More examples
  • Conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
  • Provide with a tube or insert a tube into
  • Convey in a tube; "inside Paris, they used to tube mail"
  • Electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope
  • Pipe: a hollow cylindrical shape
  • Ride or float on an inflated tube; "We tubed down the river on a hot summer day"
  • In computing, the Tube was an expansion interface and architecture on the BBC Microcomputer System which allowed the BBC Micro to communicate with a second processor, or coprocessor.
  • A tube is a soft squeezable container which can be used for thick liquids such as glue and toothpaste. Basically, a tube is a cylindrical, hollow piece with a round or oval profile, made of plastic or aluminium. ...
  • A tube, or tubing, is a long hollow cylinder used to convey fluids (liquids or gases).