Tube
Definition of Tube
| n. | 1. | A hollow cylinder, of any material, used for the conveyance of fluids, and for various other purposes; a pipe. | | 2. | A telescope. | | 3. | A vessel in animal bodies or plants, which conveys a fluid or other substance. | | 4. | (Bot.) The narrow, hollow part of a gamopetalous corolla. | | 5. | (Gun.) A priming tube, or friction primer. See under Priming, and Friction. | | 6. | (Steam Boilers) A small pipe forming part of the boiler, containing water and surrounded by flame or hot gases, or else surrounded by water and forming a flue for the gases to pass through. | | 7. | (Zool.) A more or less cylindrical, and often spiral, case secreted or constructed by many annelids, crustaceans, insects, and other animals, for protection or concealment. See Illust. of Tubeworm. | | 8. | (Elec. Railways) A tunnel for a tube railway; also (Colloq.), a tube railway; a subway.| Fire tube | | (Steam Boilers) a tube which forms a flue. |
| | v. t. | 1. | To furnish with a tube; as, to tube a well. |
Related Words
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