Synonyms for tube
tub, tyub

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1. tube, tubing(noun)

   conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases

   Synonyms:
   subway system, electron tube, underground, subway, thermionic vacuum tube, pipe, tubing, vacuum tube, tube-shaped structure, metro, thermionic tube, thermionic valve

2. tube, vacuum tube, thermionic vacuum tube, thermionic tube, electron tube, thermionic valve(noun)

   electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope

   Synonyms:
   subway system, electron tube, underground, subway, thermionic vacuum tube, pipe, tubing, vacuum tube, tube-shaped structure, metro, thermionic tube, thermionic valve

3. pipe, tube(noun)

   a hollow cylindrical shape

   Synonyms:
   underground, pipework, subway, organ pipe, tube-shaped structure, thermionic valve, pipe, thermionic vacuum tube, piping, subway system, thermionic tube, vacuum tube, tubing, metro, tobacco pipe, pipage, electron tube

4. tube, tube-shaped structure(noun)

   (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure

   Synonyms:
   subway system, electron tube, underground, subway, thermionic vacuum tube, pipe, tubing, vacuum tube, tube-shaped structure, metro, thermionic tube, thermionic valve

5. metro, tube, underground, subway system, subway(verb)

   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'"

   Synonyms:
   resistance, metro, electron tube, underground, subway, thermionic vacuum tube, pipe, tubing, vacuum tube, tube-shaped structure, thermionic valve, underpass, subway system, thermionic tube

6. tube(verb)

   provide with a tube or insert a tube into

7. tube(verb)

   convey in a tube

   "inside Paris, they used to tube mail"

8. tube(verb)

   ride or float on an inflated tube

   "We tubed down the river on a hot summer day"

9. tube(verb)

   place or enclose in a tube

Dictionary of English Synonymes(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. tube(n.)

   Synonyms:
   pipe, hollow cylinder

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. tube(n)

   Synonyms:
   pipe, valinch

PPDB, the paraphrase database(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "tube":

   pipe, tubing, tubes, crt, pipeline, hose, floater, pipes, socket, microtube, line, subway

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1. List of known nicknames for "Tube":

   Frank Heiss, Heiss, Frank

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How to use tube in a sentence?

1. Martine Wright:

   I couldn't understand why I couldn't move myself, and then I sort of looked up and all I could see was this metal, which was actually the corner of the Tube, that had buckled from the explosion. It looked like it was going down into the ground, but it wasn't. It was going into my legs.

2. Elaine Lissner:

   Why manipulate the whole body when there's a small tube that all the sperm swim through?

3. Andrew Goodwin:

   It would be very difficult to quantify the impact of Tube strikes on the economy, but my sense would be that they have a more limited impact now than in the past given the changes in working practices which allow more people to work from home.

4. Thomas Herzfeld:

   Geography plays a large part in it; certainly agricultural states in the Midwest are all for it, i just think the toothpaste has come out of the tube.

5. Grigor Dimitrov:

   If I win I will roll upside down on the court. So if I get to that point, every one will get to see my acrobatics live ! , i got bored on the tube. Then I just decided to take a funky photo. It was a good way to distract Grigor Dimitrov.

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