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Meaning of tube

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  tube
      n 1: conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually
           cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or
           gases [syn: {tube}, {tubing}]
      2: electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes
         arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope [syn:
         {tube}, {vacuum tube}, {thermionic vacuum tube}, {thermionic
         tube}, {electron tube}, {thermionic valve}]
      3: a hollow cylindrical shape [syn: {pipe}, {tube}]
      4: (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure [syn: {tube},
         {tube-shaped structure}]
      5: an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground
         (usually in a city); "in Paris the subway system is called
         the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the
         `underground'" [syn: {metro}, {tube}, {underground}, {subway
         system}, {subway}]
      v 1: provide with a tube or insert a tube into
      2: convey in a tube; "inside Paris, they used to tube mail"
      3: ride or float on an inflated tube; "We tubed down the river
         on a hot summer day"
      4: place or enclose in a tube

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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