tubes
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Tubes is the plural of tube—hollow cylindrical structures for containing or conveying something.
Beyond physical pipes and containers, tubes has specific slang meanings.
The tubes can mean television: What's on the tubes tonight?
In anatomy, getting your tubes tied refers to tubal ligation for sterilization.
Down the tubes means ruined or wasted: All that work went down the tubes.
Hollow conveyance channel
Receptacle for contents
- arteryOxygen-rich blood conduit
- veinVessel toward heart
- bronchialOf lung airways
- fallopianOf egg-carrying ducts
eustachian · trachea · esophagus · intestine · urethra · lumen · capillary · windpipe
Underground transit passage
- metroUrban rail transit
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
- trainRail vehicle or instruct
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
station · platform · commuter · fare · passenger · carriage · railway · transit
Graduated liquid transfer tube
- beakerLaboratory measuring container
- flaskPortable liquid container
- vialSmall glass liquid holder
- capillarySmallest blood vessel
borosilicate · specimen · reagent · rack · stopper · burette · chromatography · catheter
Signal-strengthening electronic device
- valveFluid flow controller
- preampInitial signal booster
- triodeThree-element electron tube
- pentodeFive-electrode vacuum tube
cathode · anode · warmth · analog · hi-fi · overdrive · distortion · tone
pipe
Hollow conveyance channel
cylinder · hose · drain · sewer · main · vent · flue · shaft · spout · aqueduct
vessel
Receptacle for contents
fallopian · eustachian · trachea · esophagus · intestine · urethra · lumen · capillary · windpipe · airway
subway
Underground transit passage
- metroUrban rail transit
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
- trainRail vehicle or instruct
tunnel · station · platform · commuter · fare · passenger · carriage · railway · transit · line
pipette
Graduated liquid transfer tube
capillary · borosilicate · specimen · reagent · rack · stopper · burette · chromatography · catheter · cannula
amplifier
Signal-strengthening electronic device
pentode · cathode · anode · warmth · analog · hi-fi · overdrive · distortion · tone · vintage
float
Buoyant object or vehicle
donut · recreational · lake · towable · pump
telly
British TV slang
- plant anatomyroot, stem, leaves, stems, leaf
- Surfingsurfboards, surfboard, longboards, shortboards, longboard
- ENTear, otology, otolaryngologist, ears, laryngology
- pneumatic tubescapsules, carriers
- metal cylinderspipes, cans, gas cylinders, steel drums, aluminum cans
- biohazard wastemedical waste, sharps containers, hazardous waste, biohazard, needles
tubestransistors
Semiconductor switching devices
semiconductors · microchips · integrated circuits · silicon chips
- test tubeNarrow cylindrical lab vessel
- inner tubeInflatable rubber torus
- goes down the tubeDeteriorates beyond saving
- down the tubesFailing beyond recovery
- tube topStrapless upper garment
- river tubingRecreational waterway floating
tube, tubing, tubed, tubular, tubeless, intubation, tubelike, intubate