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tube  (tubes plural )
1  n-count A tube is a long hollow object that is usually round, like a pipe. 
He is fed by a tube that enters his nose., ...a cardboard tube.  
2  n-count A tube of  something such as paste is a long, thin container which you squeeze in order to force the paste out. 
oft N of n 
...a tube of toothpaste., ...a small tube of moisturizer.  
3  n-count Some long, thin, hollow parts in your body are referred to as tubes. 
The lungs are in fact constructed of thousands of tiny tubes.  
4  n-sing The tube is the underground railway system in London. 
 (BRIT) the N, also by N 
I took the tube then the train and came straight here...  
5  n-count You can refer to the television as the tube. 
 (AM) 
INFORMAL the N  (=TV) 
The only baseball he saw was on the tube.  
in BRIT, use  the box  
6 If a business, economy, or institution goes down the tubes or goes down the tube, it fails or collapses completely. 
 (mainly AM) 
INFORMAL 
♦ go down the tube(s)  phrase V inflects 
The country was going down the tubes economically...  
7 
 →  bronchial tube 
 →  cathode-ray tube 
 →  fallopian tube 
 →  inner tube 
 →  test tube 



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