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{
"term": "tube",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"image": "data/images/pa/packaging.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a long, hollow pipe made of metal, plastic, rubber, etc., through which liquids or gases move from one place to another",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "He had to be fed through a feeding tube for several months."
},
{
"text": "She poured the liquid down the tube."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["fine", "narrow", "thin"],
"preposition": ["down a/the tube", "in a/the tube", "into a/the tube"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a hollow object in the shape of a pipe or tube",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "the cardboard tube from the centre of a toilet roll"
},
{
"text": "I put the poster back into its tube."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["fine", "narrow", "thin"],
"preposition": ["down a/the tube", "in a/the tube", "into a/the tube"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a long, narrow container made of soft metal or plastic, with a lid (= cover), used for holding thick liquids that can be forced out of it by pressing",
"sensetop": "tube (of something)",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a tube of toothpaste",
"contextForm": "tube (of something)"
},
{
"text": "a tube of glue"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a can of beer",
"labels": "(Australian English, informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a tube of lager"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "a part inside the body that is like a tube in shape and through which air, liquid, etc. passes",
"examples": [
{
"text": "bronchial tubes"
},
{
"text": "The oesophagus is the tube leading from the throat to the stomach."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["fine", "narrow", "thin"],
"preposition": ["down a/the tube", "in a/the tube", "into a/the tube"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "the underground railway system in London",
"sensetop": "on the tubeby tube",
"labels": "(British English)British EnglishNorth American EnglishBritish English",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I often travel on the tube",
"contextForm": "on the tube"
},
{
"text": "We came by tube.",
"contextForm": "by tube"
},
{
"text": "a **tube station/train**"
},
{
"text": "She caught the wrong tube *(= tube train)*."
},
{
"text": "I bumped into him on the tube."
},
{
"text": "I had to cram myself into a packed tube carriage."
},
{
"text": "my tube journey to work"
}
],
"topics": ["Transport by bus and train"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["London"],
"verb + tube": ["catch", "go on", "take"],
"tube + noun": ["line", "network", "station"],
"preposition": ["by tube", "on the tube"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "the television",
"labels": "(North American English, informal)",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["TV, radio and news"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 8,
"definition": "a small tube placed in a child’s ear in order to drain liquid from it when there is an infection",
"labels": "(North American English)British English",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to fail",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The education system is going down the tubes."
}
],
"topics": ["Difficulty and failure"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/tjuːb/",
"audio": "tu/tube/tube__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/tuːb/",
"audio": "tu/tube/tube__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "mid 17th cent.: from French tube or Latin tubus."
}