Found 3 items, similar to tube.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: tube
bis, pipa, tabung
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: tube
tube
n 1: conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually
cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids
or gases [syn:
tubing]
2: electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes
arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope [syn:
vacuum tube
,
thermionic vacuum tube,
thermionic tube,
electron tube
,
thermionic valve]
3: a hollow cylindrical shape [syn:
pipe]
4: (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure [syn:
tube-shaped structure
]
5: electric underground railway [syn:
metro,
subway,
underground]
tube
v 1: provide with a tube or insert a tube into
2: convey in a tube;
“inside Paris, they used to tube mail”
3: ride or float on an inflated tube;
“We tubed down the river
on a hot summer day”
4: place or enclose in a tube
English → English (gcide)
Definition: tube
Subway
\Sub"way`\, n.
1. An underground way or gallery; especially, a passage under
a street, in which water mains, gas mains, telegraph
wires, etc., are conducted.
[1913 Webster]
2. An underground railroad, usually having trains powered by
electricity provided by an electric line running through
the underground tunnel. It is usually confined to the
center portion of cities; -- called also
tube, and in
Britain,
underground. In certain other countries (as in
France or Russia) it is called the
metro.
[PJC]