tube, n.
(tubes)
freq. cnt. 34
(tubes)
freq. cnt. 34
conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 30 freq. cnt.: 26 freq. cnt.: 4
tube tubing
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hyponym
barrel, gun barrel
blowgun, blowpipe, blowtube, blow tube
blowtube, blow tube, blowpipe
cannula
capillary, capillary tubing, capillary tube
catheter
cigarette holder
coil
column, chromatography column
drain
hose, hosepipe
inner tube
mouthpiece
pea shooter
pipe, pipage, piping
pipe, tobacco pipe
silencer
siphon, syphon
speaking tube
stem
stent
straw, drinking straw
test tube
torpedo tube
venturi
well point, wellpoint
hypernym
electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope
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electron tube thermionic tube thermionic vacuum tube thermionic valve tube vacuum tube
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hyponym
acorn tube
diode, rectifying tube, rectifying valve
electron multiplier
gas-discharge tube
klystron
magnetron
pentode
television-camera tube, television pickup tube
tetrode
triode
X-ray tube
part meronym
part holonym
hypernym
a hollow cylindrical shape
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pipe tube
an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)
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metro subway subway system tube underground
sample sentences
"in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground'"
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hypernym
(anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure
<noun.body>
tube tube-shaped structure
semantic pointers
hypernym
domain of synset (topic)
hyponym