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tube

noun as in hose

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A towable tube will guarantee a wild ride for any seafarer, young and old.

The Platypus Big Zip has a three-liter capacity, and features a switchable tube set-up that can plug into either the bottom or a connection point halfway up the bladder.

This bike has a quick-release to hold the seatpost in the seat tube.

She remained on a ventilator and tube feedings for nearly five years.

In experimental systems, researchers have attached different sorts of molecules to strips of paper, which can be dipped in a tube of saliva to produce the results of a home test in 30 minutes or less.

With the help of mobility aids and a feeding tube, she lived well past her initial prognosis of death by age 4.

That incident was due to an “equipment” problem (a steel tube ruptured)—resulting in explosive vapors being released and ignited.

For hoodie-clad, Silicon Valley-types, this means more transistors in a dense integrated tube.

With shorts, a man is expected to wear ankle socks rather than pulled up tube socks.

Also, because a tube of lipstick stands in for the “i” in “science.”

Drone: the largest tube of a bag-pipe, giving forth a dull heavy tone.

Should the vapor not condense well, the test-tube may be immersed in a glass of cold water.

For comparison, the gas may be passed through a test-tube containing an equal amount of distilled water.

At once cover the mouth of the tube with a filter-paper cap moistened with saturated aqueous solution of silver nitrate (1:1).

The best pipet is a small glass tube which has been drawn out at one end to a tip with rather small opening.

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On this page you'll find 34 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to tube, such as: cylinder, duct, pipe, pipeline, tunnel, and cannula.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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