torpedo tube

noun

: a tube from which torpedoes are fired

Examples of torpedo tube in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Its design includes features that enable it to fit inside a standard torpedo tube despite its dimensions. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 15 July 2026

Passive sonar listens quietly for engine noise, or transient sounds such as a torpedo tube being opened. — James Dwyer, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026

Each vessel is equipped with 32 vertical launch tubes for three types of anti-surface and land-attack cruise missiles, as well as 10 torpedo tubes. — Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025

The goal of this frightening little beauty was to allow a submarine to destroy an enemy sub at long distance by firing a rocket out of a torpedo tube. — David Szondy, New Atlas, 12 July 2024

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1891, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for torpedo tube

• boob
• cube
• lube
• rube
• hypercube
• nanotube
• phototube