Tube

//tuːb//

Synonyms for "tube" (217 found)

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Closest matches (44)

Noun(2 words)
boob tubebox

Strong matches (65)

Noun(2 words)
electron tubemetro
Proper Noun(1 words)
london underground

Related words (108)

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Translations

145 translations across 56 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • tub noun (a pipe)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • σωλήν noun (a pipe)

Arabic

3 entries
  • أُنْبُوب noun (a pipe)
  • أُنْبُوبَة noun (cylindrical container)
  • مَاسُورَة noun (a pipe)

Armenian

4 entries
  • խողովակ noun (a pipe)
  • խողովակապատյանը noun (cylindrical container)
  • տյուբիկ noun (cylindrical container)
  • փող noun (a pipe)

Asturian

1 entries
  • tubu noun (a pipe)

Basque

1 entries
  • tutu noun (a pipe)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • труба́ noun (a pipe)
  • цю́бік noun (cylindrical container)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • тръба́ noun (a pipe)
  • ту́ба noun (cylindrical container)

Catalan

2 entries
  • tub noun (a pipe)
  • tub noun (cylindrical container)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 倫敦地鐵 /伦敦地铁 name (informal: the London underground)
  • 筒 noun (a pipe)
  • 筒 noun (cylindrical container)
  • 管 noun (a pipe)

Czech

3 entries
  • roura noun (a pipe)
  • trubka noun (a pipe)
  • tuba noun (cylindrical container)

Dutch

3 entries
  • metro name (informal: the London underground)
  • buis noun (a pipe)
  • tube noun (cylindrical container)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • tubo noun (a pipe)

Finnish

4 entries
  • Lontoon metro name (informal: the London underground)
  • metro name (informal: the London underground)
  • putki noun (a pipe)
  • putki noun (cylindrical container)

French

4 entries
  • le métro londonien name (informal: the London underground)
  • canette (de bière) noun (a tin can)
  • tube noun (cylindrical container)
  • tuyau noun (a pipe)

Galician

3 entries
  • lata noun (a tin can)
  • tubo noun (a pipe)
  • tubo noun (cylindrical container)

Georgian

1 entries
  • მილი noun (a pipe)

German

4 entries
  • Londoner Metro name (informal: the London underground)
  • Londoner U-Bahn name (informal: the London underground)
  • Rohr noun (a pipe)
  • Röhre noun (a pipe)

Greek

1 entries
  • σωλήνας noun (a pipe)

Hawaiian

2 entries
  • ʻohe noun (a pipe)
  • ʻohe noun (cylindrical container)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • שְׁפוֹפֶרֶת noun (cylindrical container)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • metró name (informal: the London underground)
  • cső noun (a pipe)
  • doboz (sör) noun (a tin can)
  • tubus noun (cylindrical container)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • rör noun (a pipe)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • kaleng noun (a tin can)
  • tabung noun (a pipe)
  • tabung noun (cylindrical container)

Iranian Persian

2 entries
  • تْیوب noun (cylindrical container)
  • لولِه noun (a pipe)

Italian

4 entries
  • la metropolitana di Londra name (informal: the London underground)
  • lattina noun (a tin can)
  • tubetto noun (cylindrical container)
  • tubo noun (a pipe)

Japanese

4 entries
  • チューブ name (informal: the London underground)
  • ロンドン地下鉄 name (informal: the London underground)
  • チューブ noun (a pipe)
  • チューブ noun (cylindrical container)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • түтік noun (cylindrical container)
  • құбыр noun (a pipe)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ទុយយោ noun (a pipe)
  • បំពង់ noun (a pipe)

Korean

3 entries
  • 관 noun (a pipe)
  • 튜브 noun (a pipe)
  • 튜브 noun (cylindrical container)

Lao

1 entries
  • ກະບອກ noun (a pipe)

Latin

1 entries
  • tubus noun (a pipe)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • хоолой noun (a pipe)

Māori

2 entries
  • ngongo noun (a pipe)
  • pū noun (a pipe)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • لوله noun (a pipe)
  • ناو noun (a pipe)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Schlauch noun (a pipe)

Polish

4 entries
  • metro w Londynie name (informal: the London underground)
  • puszka noun (a tin can)
  • rura noun (a pipe)
  • tuba noun (cylindrical container)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • bisnaga noun (cylindrical container)
  • lata noun (a tin can)
  • latinha noun (a tin can)
  • tubo noun (a pipe)

Quechua

1 entries
  • anku noun (a pipe)

Romanian

1 entries
  • tub noun (a pipe)

Russian

4 entries
  • ло́ндонское метро́ name (informal: the London underground)
  • ба́нка noun (a tin can)
  • тру́бка noun (a pipe)
  • труба́ noun (a pipe)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • cijȇv noun (a pipe)
  • cȇv noun (a pipe)
  • це̑в noun (a pipe)
  • ције̑в noun (a pipe)

Slovak

2 entries
  • rura noun (a pipe)
  • trubica noun (a pipe)

Slovene

1 entries
  • cev noun (a pipe)

Spanish

4 entries
  • metro name (informal: the London underground)
  • canuto noun (a pipe)
  • chisguete noun (cylindrical container)
  • tubo noun (a pipe)

Swahili

4 entries
  • mrija name (informal: the London underground)
  • mrija noun (a pipe)
  • mrija noun (a tin can)
  • tyubu noun (cylindrical container)

Swedish

2 entries
  • rör noun (a pipe)
  • tub noun (a pipe)

Tajik

2 entries
  • лула noun (a pipe)
  • қубур noun (a pipe)

Tarifit

1 entries
  • ajeɛbub noun (a pipe)

Telugu

3 entries
  • అండవాహిక noun (a pipe)
  • గొట్టము noun (a pipe)
  • నాళిక noun (cylindrical container)

Thai

3 entries
  • กระบอก noun (a pipe)
  • ท่อ noun (a pipe)
  • หลอด noun (cylindrical container)

Tok Pisin

1 entries
  • mambu noun (a pipe)

Turkish

1 entries
  • tüp noun (a pipe)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • труба́ noun (a pipe)
  • ту́ба noun (cylindrical container)
  • тю́бик noun (cylindrical container)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • lon noun (cylindrical container)
  • lon thiếc noun (a tin can)
  • lọ noun (cylindrical container)
  • ống noun (a pipe)

Zulu

1 entries
  • ithumbu noun (a pipe)

Sample sentences

30 total sentences available.

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The tube was shattered by the explosion.

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He squeezed the toothpaste out of a tube.

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The subway in London is known as "the Tube."

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Please buy a tube of toothpaste.

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