tube
21tube — (tu b ) s. m. 1° Tuyau par où l air, les fluides et les liquides, etc. peuvent avoir une issue. Un tube de plomb, de cuivre, de verre. Il se dit, dans le langage des périphrases poétiques, pour fusil. • Le chasseur prend son tube, image du …
22tube */*/ — UK [tjuːb] / US [tub] noun Word forms tube : singular tube plural tubes 1) a) [countable] a long narrow object similar to a pipe that liquid or gas can move through Nurses had to feed Dan through a tube. b) an object shaped like part of a pipe a… …
23tube — noun 1 long hollow pipe ADJECTIVE ▪ fine, narrow, thin ▪ hollow ▪ flexible ▪ closed, sealed …
24tube — tube1 W3S3 [tju:b US tu:b] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(pipe for liquid)¦ 2 3¦(container)¦ 4¦(in your body)¦ 5¦(trains)¦ 6 go down the tubes 7¦(television)¦ 8¦(electrical equipment)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1600 1700; : French; O …
25tube — [[t]tju͟ːb, AM tu͟ːb[/t]] ♦♦♦ tubes 1) N COUNT A tube is a long hollow object that is usually round, like a pipe. He is fed by a tube that enters his nose. ...a cardboard tube. 2) N COUNT: oft N of n A tube of something such as paste is a long,… …
26tube — tubeless, adj. tubelike, adj. /toohb, tyoohb/, n., v., tubed, tubing. n. 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… …
27Tube — A long hollow cylinder. There are many tube like structures in the human body, such as the auditory tube (Eustachian tube) in the ear. * * * 1. A hollow cylindrical structure or canal. 2. A hollow cylinder or pipe. SYN: tuba [TA]. [L. tubus]… …
28tube — 01. We need to buy another [tube] of toothpaste. 02. We put a cardboard [tube] in our pet hedgehog s cage for her to play with. 03. I can t believe you paid $15 for that small [tube] of face moisturizer. 04. I have to buy a new inner [tube] for… …
29tube — noun 1 PIPE FOR LIQUID (C) a round pipe made of metal, glass, rubber etc, especially for liquids or gases to go through see also: inner tube, test tube 2 CONTAINER (C) a narrow container made of plastic or soft metal and closed at one end, that… …
30tube — noun Etymology: French, from Latin tubus; akin to Latin tuba trumpet Date: 1651 1. any of various usually cylindrical structures or devices: as a. a hollow elongated cylinder; especially one to convey fluids b. a soft tubular container whose… …
