Phrase Hound found 181 phrases and 91 compound words that contain tube. The most common are listed below. Open tube in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 181
- test tubeA glass tube, rounded at one end and open at the other, used for small-scale laboratory tests.
- feeding tubea device used to feed people who cannot eat or swallow, normally in the form of a tube passed through the nose or straight into the abdomen.
- neural tubeA hollow longitudinal dorsal tube formed in the folding and subsequent fusion of the opposite ectodermal folds in the embryo that gives rise to the brain and spinal cord.
- vacuum tubeA type of electron tube that controls electron current through vacuum between electrodes within a sealed container, usually of glass or metal and often designed to be easily installed in and removed from the equipment in which it is used.
- inner tubeAn inflatable rubber tube with a valve inserted into the casing of a pneumatic tyre.
- Tube station
- Fallopian tubeEither of the two ducts through which ova pass from the ovaries to the uterus.
- X-ray tubeA device that produces X-rays by directing energetic electrons into a metal target.
- down the tubeAlternative form of down the tubes: Synonym of down the toilet: wasted; irretrievable.
- tube topA one-piece strapless tube-shaped top worn by women, leaving shoulders and belly-button exposed.
- cathode-ray tubeAlternative form of cathode ray tube.
- boob tubeA television.
- Eustachian tubeIn humans and other land vertebrates, a tube that links the nasopharynx to the cavity of the middle ear to allow the equalization of the pressure on both sides of the eardrum.
- tube siteA website for the uploading and playback of pornographic videos.
- tube wellA well in which a stainless steel tube is bored directly down into an aquifer.
- seat tubeThe near-vertical tube of the frame of a bicycle that supports the seat.
- down tubeA tube in the bicycle frame that connects the bottom bracket shell to the head tube.
- picture tubeIn a television set, before the development of LED screens, the cathode ray tube which produced moving images on its surface.
- top tubeThe horizontal tube of the diamond frame of a bicycle.
- electron tubeAny of several electronic devices that control electron current through vacuum, gas or vapor between electrodes within a sealed container, usually of glass or metal and often designed to be easily installed in and removed from the …
- torpedo tubeA metal tube mounted in a submarine or surface warship into which a torpedo may be loaded and launched through the hull or from the deck; a torpedo launcher.
- fluorescent tubeThe removable, light-emitting part of a fluorescent lamp.
- speaking tubeA tube for conveying speech, especially from one room to another at a distance.
- tube trainA smaller-profile underground train which operates through the tube tunnels under London, which have a small cross section.
- discharge tubeAny device in which a flow of electrons (or ions) through a gas acts as a source of light.
Compound words 91
- tubingTubes, considered as a group.
- YouTubeA video-sharing website.
- intubateTo insert a tube into.
- tubeyTube-like; similar to a tube.
- tubewayA system of interlinked tubes serving as a transport network.
- extubationThe removal of a tube inserted by intubation.
- downtubeAlternative form of down tube: A tube in the bicycle frame that connects the bottom bracket shell to the head tube.
- sploofA tube or bottle stuffed with dryer sheets, used to conceal the fumes of a recreational drug.
- extubateTo remove a tube from a hollow organ or from an airway.
- tubewormAny of many marine polychaete worms, mostly of the family Serpulidae, which construct permanent calcareous tubes on rocks, ship bottoms etc.