Thesaurus results for TUBES

tubes

noun

plural of tube

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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Recent Examples of tubes Medical materials were also found on the scene, including tubes, microscope slides and potential hospital records, per TVP World. —

Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 14 June 2026 Drawing from a well dug on the property, a solar hot water collection tank pulls water through a series of tubes heated by the sun, which then flows into a simple electric water heater. —

Noah Daly, Idaho Statesman, 13 June 2026 Underneath their colorful cartoon animal exteriors, the animatronics are a skeleton of metal and pneumatic tubes. —

Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026 Lucy had tubes all over her body, and a nurse was trying to establish a heartbeat. —

Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 9 June 2026 Woven directly into the specialized fibers is a complex web of flexible tubes. —

Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 June 2026 Meant to be worn under the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU) spacesuit, announced by the two companies in 2024, the garment circulates cold water through a network of tubes across the body's major muscle groups, according to an Axiom Space news release. —

Greta Cross, USA Today, 9 June 2026 Set on a colossal ceramic plate crafted by a local architect, and supported internally with steel tubes, this event set a Guinness World Record, solidifying the country’s enthusiasm for the dip. —

Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 June 2026 Sometimes the astronauts had to resort to their backup system, which is essentially storing stuff in tubes. —

New Atlas, 6 June 2026

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Large pipes can be seen leading into the tank, which could have held around half a million liters of water, according to measurements taken from satellite images.

— Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN Money, 11 June 2026
For a keeper who’s only played 23 career MLS games, his coolness between the pipes stands out.

— Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 11 June 2026