Meaning
A long, round, hollow shape like a pipe, or a soft container that you squeeze, like a tube of toothpaste. In London, the Tube is the underground railway.
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Word origin
From Latin tubus, meaning a pipe.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- tubus
Examples
liquid .
A tube is open like a pipe; things can pass through it.
toothpaste.
Soft squeezable containers are tubes too: toothpaste, paint, cream.
London.
British speakers call the London underground the Tube, with a capital T, because its tunnels are round.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 26, lesson 10: tube, valuable, distant and 7 more words.