tube

Definition

Examples

A plastic tube carries water from the tank to the sink.

Word Family

Synonyms

• pipea tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
• ducta bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
• cylindera solid bounded by a cylindrical surface and two parallel planes (the bases)

Collocations

• Easy tube of toothpaste
  to tube of toothpaste, meaning to provide with a tube or insert a tube into
• Medium pneumatic tube dispatch system
  describing pneumatic tube dispatch system (of or relating to or using air (or a similar gas))
• Hard carbon nanotube structural application
  describing carbon nanotube structural application (an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds)
• Very Hard watch fortunes go down the tube during the collapse
  to watch fortunes go down the tube during the collapse, meaning to look attentively