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How to pronounce “tube”
Hear “tube” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.
Pronunciation guide for tube
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of tube with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes
tissues, nerve cells, liver cells, in test tube,
- Definition summary
- Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce tube
Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes
tissues, nerve cells, liver cells, in test tube,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “tube”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape.
- An approximately cylindrical container, usually with a crimped end and a screw top, used to contain and dispense semiliquid substances.
- (British, colloquial, often capitalised as Tube, a trademark) The London Underground railway system, originally referred to the lower level lines that ran in tubular tunnels as opposed to the higher ones which ran in rectangular section tunnels. (Often the tube.)
- (Australia, slang) A tin can containing beer.
- (surfing) A wave which pitches forward when breaking, creating a hollow space inside.
- (Canada, US, colloquial) A television. Compare cathode ray tube and picture tube.
- (Scotland, slang) An idiot.
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To supply with, or enclose in, a tube.
- To ride an inner tube.
- (medicine, transitive, colloquial) To intubate.
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