Synonyms of tubes

tubes

noun

plural of tube

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pipes
• conduits
• channels
• funnels
• drains
• ducts
• lines
• troughs
• penstocks
• pipings
• leaders
• pipelines
• tiles
• standpipes
• hydrants
• smokestacks
• drainpipes
• mains
• waste pipes
• spouts
• stovepipes
• waterspouts
• pipages

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• TVs
• televisions
• boxes
• tellies
• boob tubes
• idiot boxes
• plasmas
• LCDs
• home videos
• home theaters

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tubes

Red neon tubes illuminated art works ranging from the disturbing (a black-and-white photograph of a person stuffing sausages in their mouth) to the mundane (a pastoral painting of a snowshoe-wearing rifleman). — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2026

The al Qaeda members planned to bring the explosives onboard in common items like toothpaste tubes or shampoo bottles and detonators hidden in MP3 players or phones. — Mark Morales, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026

TargetWash™ directs precise water flows into the hard-to-reach areas of small feeding accessories, helping flush away residue from nipples, valves, straws, tubes, and similar components. — Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026

In 2024 and 2025, the Bureau of Reclamation poured colder water through the dam’s river bypass tubes — a deeper outlet than the hydropower intakes — to prevent smallmouth bass from spawning there. — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Lower-cost diaper rash creams are small tubes (around 4 ounces) that include the most basic ingredients. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2026

This same safety priority forces cooling tubes to be placed over shirts rather than directly on the skin. — Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

But the fact that the two of them could spend the better part of a year not needing to be hooked up to tubes represented a milestone. — Eric Boodman, STAT, 3 Sep. 2026

This untitled work consists of 13 irregular geometric forms—panels painted red, black, and blue—suspended from 13 slender tubes, linked in a delicate balance. — Michael Joseph Gross, Travel + Leisure, 3 Sep. 2026