Conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases.

synoniem: tubing.

Nederlands: koker, buis, kanaal, pijp, pijpje
Pools: tuba

Electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope.

synoniemen: electron tube, thermionic tube, thermionic vacuum tube, thermionic valve, vacuum tube.

Nederlands: elektronenbuis, kathodestraalbuis, lamp, radiobuis, radiolamp, vacuümbuis
Pools: elektronówka

A hollow cylindrical shape.

synoniem: pipe.

Roget 260: hole, foramen; puncture, perforation; fontanel^†; transforation^†; pinhole, keyhole, loophole, porthole, peephole, mousehole, pigeonhole; eye of a needle; eyelet; slot.    opening; aperture, apertness^†; hiation^†, yawning, oscitancy^†, dehiscence, patefaction^†, pandiculation^†; chasm etc. (interval) 198.    embrasure, window, casement; abatjour^†; light; sky light, fan light; lattice; bay window, bow window; oriel [Arch.]; dormer, lantern.    outlet, inlet; vent, vomitory; embouchure; orifice, mouth, sucker, muzzle, throat, gullet, weasand^†, wizen, nozzle; placket.    portal, porch, gate, ostiary^†, postern, wicket, trapdoor, hatch, door; arcade; cellarway^†, driveway, gateway, doorway, hatchway, gangway; lich gate^†.    way, path etc. 627; thoroughfare; channel; passage, passageway; tube, pipe; water pipe etc. 350; air pipe etc. 351; vessel, tubule, canal, gut, fistula; adjutage^†, ajutage^†; ostium^†; smokestack; chimney, flue, tap, funnel, gully, tunnel, main; mine, pit, adit^†, shaft; gallery.    alley, aisle, glade, vista.    bore, caliber; pore; blind orifice; fulgurite^†, thundertube^†.    porousness, porosity.    sieve, cullender^†, colander; cribble^†, riddle, screen; honeycomb.    apertion^†, perforation; piercing etc. v.; terebration^†, empalement^†, pertusion^†, puncture, acupuncture, penetration.    key etc. 631, opener, master key, password, combination, passe-partout.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: buis
Pools: tuba

anatomy Any hollow cylindrical body structure.

synoniem: tube-shaped structure.

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'.

synoniemen: metro, subway, subway system, underground.

Nederlands: metrostel, metro, ondergrondse
Pools: metro

Provide with a tube or insert a tube into.

Convey in a tube.

Ride or float on an inflated tube.

Place or enclose in a tube.