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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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Recent Examples of tubes
Keep boots upright and orderly by using boot trees, cardboard tubes, or even a short length of PVC pipe.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 8 Jan. 2026
Unopened tubes and cans are both shelf-stable, but once opened, the difference is significant.
—Anne Wolf, Martha Stewart, 7 Jan. 2026
The painting of the paint tubes in the studio took me a long time, like eight months or so.
—Bettina Funcke, Artforum, 7 Jan. 2026
Further, guest room toiletry products — which are required to be all natural without any history of animal testing — are packaged in recyclable tubes.
—Annie Archer, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2026
On July 9, 2025, Schahfer had another 1,996-hour outage because of significant damage to the upper portion of the condenser tubes.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 4 Jan. 2026
This system uses a series of 150mm-diameter tubes in a bomber frame.
—Cameron Martindell, Outside, 3 Jan. 2026
From there, the researchers collect more than 1,000 tubes of samples and ship them to a lab.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
According to Buder, who also works as an engineer at Vielo, the aircraft-grade carbon tubes were first cleaned and cut to size, then bonded using an epoxy-carbon composite.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tubes
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There were several holes greater than a quarter-inch on the ceiling panels in the office/storage room, main kitchen near the pipes and in the prep area.—
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As one of the oldest gas utilities in the country, BGE’s network of gas pipes includes material, such as cast iron, that has a heightened risk of failure.—
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Angelic children are conduits between life and death.—
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More than mere armored knights, Paladins are forged as holy conduits.—
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Some have giant televisions and provide other games such as ping pong, corn hole or giant Jenga.—
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For decades, Samsung, maker of consumer electronics like smartphones, televisions, computer monitors and refrigerators, relied on its vast internal design workforce to become a brand rivaling Apple in prestige.—
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The transaction was announced on the USC football program’s official social media channels on Tuesday afternoon.—
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That December, the subway was moving along channels that had been bored much earlier.—
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“Tubes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tubes. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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