Tubeway

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A system of interlinked tubes serving as a transport network.

    "As usual, he relished the order and tidiness of the Complex; the sterile unscented air, the empty white tubeways, the featureless blocks and cubes that lined the outer walls."

Example

More examples

"Are Friends Electric? by Tubeway Army was a number-one single in 1979."

Etymology

From tube + way.

More for "tubeway"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.