tube
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, ˈtyüb\
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channel, conduit, duct, leader, line, penstock, pipe, trough
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Your urine goes through tubes called ureters to the bladder. — Kimberly Truong, SELF, "Is ‘Breaking the Seal’ When You Drink Alcohol Really a Thing?," 16 Mar. 2019 In some cases, the water is piped to a small container with a pump, called a condensate pump, which removes the liquid via a tube to the outside. — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, "The DIY Guide To Fixing Your Leaky Air Conditioner," 15 Mar. 2019 One product that is a constant on my Amazon Subscribe and Save is my jars and tubes of Aquaphor. — Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, "Aquaphor Is the Drugstore Cure-All You Never Knew You Needed," 8 Mar. 2019 These mysterious little bottles and tubes are the stuff of pure alchemy. — Harper's BAZAAR, "BAZAAR's 2019 Anti-Aging Awards," 4 Mar. 2019 That would allow the MTA to provide full service during peak hours, while maintaining a reduced service through a single tube during off hours. — Paul Berger, WSJ, "MTA Board Emergency Meeting to Discuss Hiring Consultant to Review Revised L-Train Plan," 14 Jan. 2019 These drugs are usually injected into your vein or given by mouth, but in some cases they may be injected through a thin tube directly into your abdominal cavity, the ACS says. — Korin Miller, SELF, "What Are My Options for Ovarian Cancer Treatment?," 13 Dec. 2018 Some shots are administered by sticking a needle through a rubber tube to draw out the medicine before the needle is used in the skin, which can dull the needle and be more painful, Stewart said. — Erica Sweeney, Teen Vogue, "Why Do Some Vaccines Hurt More Than Others?," 24 Oct. 2018 Ultimately, Delft got its pod to work, but the pod only hit a top speed of 88mph before stopping midway through the tube. — Megan Geuss, Ars Technica, "Student engineers build hyperloop test pods with commercial-class top speeds," 23 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'tube.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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