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The correct spelling is tube.
How to pronounce tube
/tjuːb/
nounIPA: /tjuːb/
Say it like: Tub-e
The correct spelling is tube. Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape. For example: "A tube of toothpaste."
Usage Examples
“A tube of toothpaste.”
“I took the tube to Waterloo and walked the rest of the way.”
“Are you just going to sit around all day and watch the tube?”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape.
- 2.An approximately cylindrical container, usually with a crimped end and a screw top, used to contain and dispense semiliquid substances.
- 3.(often capitalized as Tube) 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.)
- 4.A tin can containing beer.
- 5.A wave which pitches forward when breaking, creating a hollow space inside.
verb
- 1.To supply with, or enclose in, a tube.
- 2.To ride an inner tube.
- 3.To intubate.
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