Tube

  1. Proper noun.  (informal) The London Underground.
  2. Noun.  Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape.
  3. Noun.  An approximately cylindrical container, usually with a crimped end and a screw top, used to contain and dispense semi-liquid substances.
  4. Noun.  (British, colloquial) 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''.).
  5. Noun.  (Australia, slang) A tin can containing beer (or other beverage?).
  6. Noun.  (surfing) A wave which pitches forward when breaking, creating a hollow space inside.
  7. Noun.  (North America, colloquial) A television. Also, derisively, boob tube. British: telly.
  8. Verb.  To make or use tubes.

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