tube
Betekenis (Engels)
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- Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape.
- An approximately cylindrical container, usually with a crimped end and a screw top, used to contain and dispense semiliquid substances.
- (colloquial) The London Underground railway system, originally referred to the lower level lines that ran in tubular tunnels as opposed to the higher ones which ran in rectangular section tunnels. (Often the tube.)
- (colloquial,obsolete) The London Underground railway system, originally referred to the lower level lines that ran in tubular tunnels as opposed to the higher ones which ran in rectangular section tunnels. (Often the tube.)
- (slang) A tin can containing beer.
- A wave which pitches forward when breaking, creating a hollow space inside.
- (colloquial) A television. Compare cathode ray tube and picture tube.
- (slang) An idiot.
Concepten
Synoniemen
hollow cylinder
tube-shaped structure
subway system
the underground
thermionic tube
the T
thermionic vacuum tube
radio tube
smoking pipe
T.V.
canalis
passage-way
anything tubular
gun tube
gun-barrel
small tube
mass rapid transit
electronic valve
electron valve
tubularity
set casing
evacuated tube
rubber tube
electronic tube
radio valve
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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/tjuːb/
Etymologie (Engels)
From Middle French tube, from Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”), related to tuba (“long trumpet; war-trumpet”), of obscure ultimate origin, but possibly connected to tībia (“shinbone, reed-pipe”), see there.
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