tube
[noun]
Synonyms: television, boob tube, box, idiot box, telly, TV, video

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English Thesaurus: the subway, the underground, the tube, the metr

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I. tube¹ S3 W3 /tjuːb $ tuːb/ noun
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: Latin tubus]

1. PIPE FOR LIQUID [countable] a round pipe made of metal, glass, rubber etc, especially for liquids or gases to go through ⇒ inner tube, test tube

2. [countable] a long hollow object that is usually round:
pasta tubes
a toilet roll tube

3. CONTAINER [countable] a narrow container made of plastic or soft metal and closed at one end, that you press between your fingers in order to push out the soft substance that is inside:
a tube of toothpaste

4. IN YOUR BODY [countable] a tube-shaped part inside your body:
the bronchial tubes

5. TRAINS the tube British English the system of trains that run under the ground in London Synonym : subway American English
take/catch the tube
Take the tube to Acton.
a tube station
by tube
It’s best to travel by tube.

6. go down the tubes informal if a situation goes down the tubes, it quickly becomes ruined or spoiled:
When Moira turned up, Tess could see all her good work going down the tubes.

7. TELEVISION the tube American English spoken the television:
What’s on the tube tonight?

8. ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT [countable] technical the part of a television that produces the picture on the screen Synonym : cathode ray tube

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II. tube² verb [intransitive]
to float on a river on a large inner tube for fun

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tube
noun
I. long hollow pipe
ADJ. fine, narrow, thin | broad | hollow | flexible | closed, sealed | inner (= in a bicycle tyre) | fluorescent (= a kind of light) | aluminium, cardboard, copper, glass, metal, plastic, steel | discharge, drainage, suction | test | breathing, feeding, ventilation | capillary, bronchial, Fallopian, neural
PREP. down a/the ~ pouring the liquid down the tube
in/into a/the ~ I put the poster back into its tube.
through a/the ~ He gave the lamb its food through a tube.
up a ~ 2 the tube the Underground
ADJ. London
VERB + TUBE go on, take, travel by/on
TUBE + NOUN line, station, ticket, train
PREP. by ~ I go to work by tube.
on the ~ I bumped into him on the tube.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

the subway American English the railway system that runs under the ground below a big city. British people use the underground when talking about the railway system in London, and many systems outside the US:
the New York subway
We got on the next subway train.
the underground British English the railway system that runs under the ground below a big city:
the London underground
an underground map
It’s quickest to travel by underground.
the tube British English informal the railway system that runs under London:
We took the tube to Trafalgar Square.
a crowded tube train
the metro used especially to talk about the railway system that runs under Paris. Also used about some other city's systems, for example Moscow, Washington DC and Newcastle:
the Paris Metro
Moscow’s metro stations

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