The tube was shattered by the explosion.
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Tube
/tuːb/
Synonyms for "tube" (229 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (46)
adjutageamplifieramtrakanodeattenuatoraudio-frequency tubebaggage trainballast regulatorballast tubebarrelbasebeam-switching tubebolebranchcable railroadcable railwaycaskcathetercathodecathode-ray tube
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channelchoo choochoo-choocog railroadcog railwaycolor kinescopecolumnconvertorcurrent regulatorcylindercylindroiddamperdetectordirect-viewing tubedischarge tubediscriminatordissector tube
Strong matches (69)
doublerdrainpipedrumefflux tubeelelectricelectric railwayelectric trainelectrodeelectron-image tubeelevatedelevated railwayembankmentexpressexpress trainfeederfeeder linefilamentfire hoseflier
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flue pipeflumeflyerfocus tubefreightfreight trainfreighterfunicularfunnelgarden hosegas phototubegas pipegeneratorgoods traingravity-operated railwaygridhorse railwayhosehosepipeiconoscopeimage dissectorimage iconoscopeinterurbaninverterjunctionkinescopellight railroadlightning expresslimitedlimiterlinelocallocal-oscillator tubemain linemetromilk trainmixer tubemodulatormonorailmonoscopemultipliermultiplier phototubemultipurpose tube
Related words (114)
multivibratornippleorgan pipeoscillatoroutput tubeparliamentaryparliamentary trainpassenger trainphase inverterphotocathodephotoconductor cellphotomultiplier tubephototubephotovoltaic cellphotronic cellpicture tubepillarpipepipelinepipette
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pipingplatepower tubepulse generatorput through channelsrack railwayrack-and-pinion railroadrack-and-pinion railwayradio tuberadio-frequency tuberailrail linerailroadrailroad trainrailwayrattlerreceiving tuberectifier tubereedreed piperegulatorrepeaterroadbedroadwayrollrollerrolling stockrouleaushuttleshuttle trainsiamesesiamese connectionsidetracksidingsiphonsnorkelsoft phototubesoil pipespecialstandpipesteam pipestemstrawstreamlinerstreet railwaystreetcar linesubwayswitchbacktaptelevisionterminalterminustracktraintramtramlinetransducertrestletrigatrontrigger tubetrolley linetrunktrunk linetubingtubulationtubuletubulettubulureturnoutundergroundvacuum phototubevacuum tubevalvewaste pipewater pipeway train
Related word relations
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More general
34 entriesShowing 16 of 34 words.
More specific
10 entriesbakerloo linecentral linecosmetic tubeglass tubejubilee linemetal tubeointment tubepiccadilly lineplastic tubetoothpaste tube
Collocations
6 entriesglass tubeplastic tubetest tubetube maptube stationvacuum tube
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesTranslations
78 translations across 55 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- tub noun (a pipe)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- σωλήν noun (a pipe)
Arabic
2 entries- أُنْبُوب noun (a pipe)
- مَاسُورَة noun (a pipe)
Armenian
2 entries- խողովակ noun (a pipe)
- փող noun (a pipe)
Asturian
1 entries- tubu noun (a pipe)
Basque
1 entries- tutu noun (a pipe)
Belarusian
1 entries- труба́ noun (a pipe)
Bulgarian
1 entries- тръба́ noun (a pipe)
Catalan
1 entries- tub noun (a pipe)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 筒 noun (a pipe)
- 管 noun (a pipe)
Czech
2 entries- roura noun (a pipe)
- trubka noun (a pipe)
Dutch
1 entries- buis noun (a pipe)
Esperanto
1 entries- tubo noun (a pipe)
Finnish
1 entries- putki noun (a pipe)
French
1 entries- tuyau noun (a pipe)
Galician
1 entries- tubo noun (a pipe)
Georgian
1 entries- მილი noun (a pipe)
German
3 entries- Rohr noun (a pipe)
- Röhre noun (a pipe)
- Schluuch noun (a pipe)
Greek
1 entries- σωλήνας noun (a pipe)
Hawaiian
1 entries- ʻohe noun (a pipe)
Hungarian
1 entries- cső noun (a pipe)
Icelandic
1 entries- rör noun (a pipe)
Indonesian
1 entries- tabung noun (a pipe)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- لولِه noun (a pipe)
Italian
1 entries- tubo noun (a pipe)
Japanese
4 entries- チューブ noun (a pipe)
- パイプ noun (a pipe)
- 筒 noun (a pipe)
- 管 noun (a pipe)
Kazakh
1 entries- құбыр noun (a pipe)
Khmer
2 entries- ទុយយោ noun (a pipe)
- បំពង់ noun (a pipe)
Korean
2 entries- 관 noun (a pipe)
- 튜브 noun (a pipe)
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
1 entries- rura noun (a pipe)
Portuguese
1 entries- tubo noun (a pipe)
Quechua
1 entries- anku noun (a pipe)
Romanian
1 entries- tub noun (a pipe)
Russian
2 entries- 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
2 entries- canuto noun (a pipe)
- tubo noun (a pipe)
Swahili
1 entries- mrija noun (a pipe)
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
2 entries- అండవాహిక noun (a pipe)
- గొట్టము noun (a pipe)
Thai
2 entries- กระบอก noun (a pipe)
- ท่อ noun (a pipe)
Tok Pisin
1 entries- mambu noun (a pipe)
Turkish
1 entries- tüp noun (a pipe)
Ukrainian
1 entries- труба́ noun (a pipe)
Vietnamese
1 entries- ống noun (a pipe)
Zulu
1 entries- ithumbu noun (a pipe)
Sample sentences
30 total sentences available.
He squeezed the toothpaste out of a tube.
Source: tatoeba (298300)
The subway in London is known as "the Tube."
Source: tatoeba (682250)
Please buy a tube of toothpaste.
Source: tatoeba (682251)
Showing 4 of 30 available sentences.