tubing
tubing · tubings
туба, тюбик, труба
тюбик, труба, трубка
Tube, Rohr, Röhre
Tubes, considered as a groupTubes, considered as a group.
US/tˈubɪŋ/
» You can soften dialysis tubing by soaking it in water.
Meaning
4 senses(collective, countable, uncountable)Tubes, considered as a group.
(countable, uncountable)A length of tube, or a system of tubes.
(countable, uncountable)Riding down a river on an inner tube recreationally.
(countable, uncountable)Tobogganing down a snowy slope or toboggan run on an inner tube.
More definitions
- conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
Examples
2 sentencesYou can soften dialysis tubing by soaking it in water.
Today, the river is popular for canoeing and salmon fishing, and tubing.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From tube + -ing.From tube + -ing.
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Forms
plural: tubingsSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases:tube
Word family
2 related wordsRelatedtube
Derivedmicrotubing
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable