tube

Passage for liquids

A tube is a hollow cylinder, typically for conveying liquids or gases: a tube of toothpaste, breathing tube, test tube.

The London Underground is the Tube.

In American slang, the tube once meant television, from the cathode ray tube.

Anatomically, tubes are cylindrical passages: fallopian tubes, bronchial tubes.

To tube is to float down a river on an inflated inner tube.

cylinder

pipe

Hollow conveyance channel

duct · bore · sleeve · cannula · barrel · tunnel · conduit · shaft · hose · straw

subway

metro

Urban rail transit

platform · tunnel · commuter · transit · line · ticket · fare · map · passenger · carriage

video

streaming

Real-time digital delivery

channel · upload · playlist · thumbnail · trending · viral · monetization · influencer · tutorial · unboxing

container

toothpaste

Oral cleaning gel

lotion · sunscreen · lip balm · mascara · caulk · adhesive · wasabi · tomato paste · cap · nozzle

anatomy

fallopian

Of egg-carrying ducts

esophagus · urethra · vas deferens · endotracheal · tracheostomy

television

screen

Display or barrier

analog · vintage · console · black-and-white · color · electron gun · phosphor · CRT · telly · set

inflatable

float

Buoyant object or vehicle

rubber · air · lazy river · water sports

laboratory

rack

Frame for holding items

  • BundyFactory attendance recorder
  • cultureCollective social practices
  • specimenIndividual for examination

centrifuge · pipette · stopper · borosilicate · sample · reagent

Categories
Opposites
geometric form

tubesolid

Firm matter state

rod · bar · plate · slab · plane

structural composition

tubesolid

Firm matter state

rod · bar · cylinder · filled · dense

transport/passage function

tubeopen road

Unobstructed route ahead

overground · aboveground · highway · street · aerial tramway

Phrases
Family

tubing, tubes, tuba, YouTube, tuber, test tube, tubed, tubular, inner tube

Familiarity
Top 10,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G