tube

noun

an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)

(anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure

a hollow cylindrical shape

electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope

conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases

verb

place or enclose in a tube

ride or float on an inflated tube

convey in a tube

provide with a tube or insert a tube into

Roots

tubustub- · Latin · pipe, tube

Synonyms for tube

pipen adjutage subwayn tubulationn phototube undergroundadj tubulen hosen metron cathetern

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Where does tube come from?

The word tube breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root tub-, from Latin tubus (“pipe, tube”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.