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as in pipe
a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas) watched the liquid move through the tube between the flasks and recorded the movement in his chemistry notebook

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as in TV
an electronic device with a screen and speakers that reproduces images and sound we plan to relax and spend some time in front of the tube tonight

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noun (2)

plural of tube
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as in pipes
a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas) watched the liquid move through the tube between the flasks and recorded the movement in his chemistry notebook

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as in TVs
an electronic device with a screen and speakers that reproduces images and sound we plan to relax and spend some time in front of the tube tonight

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Prices can be found on Boise River Raft and Tube’s website, with tubes beginning at $18 and two-person rafts at $50. Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 17 June 2025 Beneath the cobblestones lies a network of tubes that sucks trash out of the city with the force of half a million household vacuum cleaners. Arkansas Online, 15 June 2025
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Five carbon rings The key to the material's success has to do with the fact that the hypergolic reaction creates carbon tubes that have high concentrations of molecular rings made from five carbon atoms instead of the usual six. Michael Franco, New Atlas, 20 Dec. 2024 The structure is made from wood and features telescoping carbon-fiber tubes that allow for easy expansion and retraction. Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 20 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for tube

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“Tube.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tube. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.

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