Synonyms for tube
tub, tyubtube

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1. tube, tubingnoun

   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 valvenoun

   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, tubenoun

   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 structurenoun

   (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, subwayverb

   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. tubeverb

   provide with a tube or insert a tube into

7. tubeverb

   convey in a tube

   "inside Paris, they used to tube mail"

8. tubeverb

   ride or float on an inflated tube

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

9. tubeverb

   place or enclose in a tube

Matched Categories

1. • Conduit
   • Convey
   • Electronic Device
   • Enclose
   • Provide
   • Ride

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. tubenoun

   Synonyms:
   pipe, hollow cylinder

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tubenoun

   Synonyms:
   pipe, valinch

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:5.0 / 1 vote

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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1. Macaulay Culkin:

   The way he gets out of prison is to crawl through a tube of s ** t, you know ? It feels like to get to that kind of freedom, I'd have to crawl through a tube of s ** t, and you know what ? I've built a really nice prison for Macaulay Culkin. It's soft. It's sweet. It smells nice. You know ? It's plush.

2. Malcolm MacDonald:

   Professor David Ralph at Londons University College Hospital has expertise in penile reconstruction and built MacDonalds new penis out of a skin graft from his left arm, The Sun wrote. A tube and a hand pump are said to allow for a mechanical erection. The man already has two children so he wasnt worried about sex, the outlet wrote. MAINE HOSPITAL SEES CORONAVIRUS RESURGENCE AFTER VISITORS LEARN OF POSITIVE TEST RESULTS WHILE ON TRIP It was always more about my self-confidence and simple things like using the loo.

3. Patrick Cullinan:

   Partial DNRs( Do Not Resuscitate orders) are helpful in allowing families to feel empowered and have some input, those staunchly ‘ all ’ or ‘ nothing ’ don’t understand subtleties in providing the most compassionate and appropriate care. By placing an unwanted tube, you steal their last opportunity to talk to their family, to tell them ‘ I love you. ’.

4. Jill Zwicker:

   At this time of rapid brain development, these infants are exposed to procedures for their medical care, such as heel pokes to draw blood, tube insertions to help them breathe, medications etc., exposure to these invasive procedures is associated with slower brain development and poorer cognitive outcomes.

5. Gore Vidal:

   The last best hope of earth, two trillion dollars in debt, is spinning out of control, and all we can do is stare at a flickering cathode-ray tube as Ollie answers questions on TV while the press, resolutely irrelevant as ever, asks politicians if they have committed adultery. From V-J Day 1945 to this has been, my fellow countrymen, a perfect nightmare.