tubes
Because it is a word with a single syllable, tubes is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions oftubes
- Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape.
- An approximately cylindrical container, usually with a crimped end and a screw top, used to contain and dispense semiliquid substances.
Example: "A tube of toothpaste."
- (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.)
Example: "I took the tube to Waterloo and walked the rest of the way."
- A tin can containing beer.
- A wave which pitches forward when breaking, creating a hollow space inside.
- A television.
Synonyms: "boob tube", telly
Example: "Are you just going to sit around all day and watch the tube?"
- An idiot.
- To supply with, or enclose in, a tube.
Example: "She tubes lipstick in the cosmetics factory."
- To ride an inner tube.
Example: "They tubed down the Colorado River."
- To intubate.
Example: "The patient was tubed."
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