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 synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

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

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How to use tube in a sentence?

1. German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel:

   How can it be that in order to have Google's (mobile operating system) Android you need to pre-install Google Search, Google Browser, Google Mail, Google You-Tube and its app store on the device?

2. Cesare Galli:

   What we've done is very similar to what's done to couples with fertility problems, we've made a test-tube rhino.

3. Barbara Hall:

   Women have more to offer this world than just a fallopian tube. Nothing is going to change until you quit looking at us as just sperm receptacles.

4. Vernon Unsworth:

   My insult was to the tube and not to Elon Musk personally, my opinion is it was a PR stunt.

5. Esperanza Huayama:

   I and other women never felt the same again. We're still suffering, i was depressed for months after the tube-tying operation. Some women felt that if their bodies are dry, infertile, then the land is too.

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