TUBE

4 letters 6 Scrabble points /tjuːb/

Definition of TUBE

noun

  1. Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape.

  2. An approximately cylindrical container, usually with a crimped end and a screw top, used to contain and dispense semiliquid substances.

    "A tube of toothpaste."

  3. (often capitalized as Tube) 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.)

    "I took the tube to Waterloo and walked the rest of the way."

Related words: boob tube telly
verb

  1. To supply with, or enclose in, a tube.

    "She tubes lipstick in the cosmetics factory."

  2. To ride an inner tube.

    "They tubed down the Colorado River."

  3. To intubate.

    "The patient was tubed."

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters T U B E
Length 4 letters
Scrabble Score 6 points

Anagrams of TUBE

Words that use the same letters:

BUTE TEBU

Words Containing "TUBE"

ANTITUBERCULAR ANTITUBERCULIN ANTITUBERCULOUS AUTOTUBERCULIN BIERSTUBE BIERSTUBEN BIERSTUBES BITUBERCULAR BITUBERCULATE BITUBERCULATED BLOWTUBE BLOWTUBES BULBOTUBER CONTUBERNAL CONTUBERNIAL CONTUBERNIUM CORYTUBERINE DEMITUBE DRAWTUBE DRAWTUBES

Words Starting with "TUBE"

TUBECTOMY TUBECTOMIES TUBED TUBEFLOWER TUBEFORM TUBEFUL TUBEHEAD TUBEHEARTED TUBELESS TUBELET TUBELIKE TUBEMAKER TUBEMAKING TUBEMAN TUBEMEN TUBENOSE TUBER TUBERACEAE TUBERACEOUS TUBERALES

Words Ending with "TUBE"

BIERSTUBE BLOWTUBE DEMITUBE DRAWTUBE FLASHTUBE INTUBE MULTITUBE PHOTOTUBE RETUBE STUBE TELETUBE UPTUBE