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Synonyms for tube

  • noun

Most common

vacuum tube electron tube thermionic valve subway box pipe

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Thermionic valve

thermionic valve, vacuum tube, thermionic tube UK, electron tube

2. Boob tube — A television. Compare cathode ray tube and picture tube

boob tube informal, telly informal UK IE

3. Subway

subway, metro

Other

pipe, box

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A television. Compare cathode ray tube and picture tube.

  2. n. 2

    Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape.

  3. n. 3

    An approximately cylindrical container, usually with a crimped end and a screw top, used to contain and dispense semiliquid substances.

Related words

Word family
tubeform tubelight tubelike tubenose tuber tubiform tubing tuboid
Phrases
boob tube vacuum tube electron tube thermionic tube picture tube television tube toke tube fallopian tube

Forms

Plural
tubes → tellies, subways, metros, pipes…

Example sentences

  • subway Subway fares will be raised as of April 1st, 1999.
  • box The miser opened the box to find his money stolen.
  • pipe Grandfather talked to me with a pipe in his mouth.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
tubefalling
subwayrising
boxrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
box1
4 letters
pipe1
5 letters
metro2, telly2
6 letters
subway2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (metro2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
tube
Italiano
condotto
Español
tubo
Deutsch
Rohr
Català
tub