Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Resembling a
tube , especially in shape
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective constituting a tube; having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids)
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word tubelike.
Examples
-
Bloomberg News Sapien is a steel mesh cylinder that collapses into a tubelike catheter.
Heart Valve's Launch Is Painstaking Christopher Weaver 2012
-
I also would suggest a hand-warmer belt that has a tubelike fleece pocket that wraps around your waist.
what are some warm gloves that would work for bowhunting? 2010
-
I also would suggest a hand-warmer belt that has a tubelike fleece pocket that wraps around your waist.
what are some warm gloves that would work for bowhunting? 2010
-
The first trocar, a long, metal, tubelike arm with a camera attached, went in through another tiny incision in the abdomen.
Three Stages of Amazement Carol Edgarian 2011
-
The first trocar, a long, metal, tubelike arm with a camera attached, went in through another tiny incision in the abdomen.
Three Stages of Amazement Carol Edgarian 2011
-
Doctors can thread Sapien—a steel mesh cylinder that collapses into a tubelike catheter—from a small incision near the groin, through an artery, to the heart.
Heart Valve's Launch Is Painstaking Christopher Weaver 2012
-
I took my hands off the rail and just used my legs to propel me two at a time up the tubelike staircase, with its forgotten wallpaper and its unappreciated carpet.
Unbearable Lightness Portia de Rossi 2010
-
Overhead, moving in a closely packed formation, were six squat cones, supported on dozens of tiny, tubelike legs.
Tin 2010
-
There were also squat cones, supported on dozens of tiny tubelike legs; and there was one impressive thing like a giant praying mantis.
Tin 2010
-
Its thin wispy tentacles waved about in a free-flowing fashion over its tubelike body.
The Search For WondLa Tony DiTerlizzi 2010
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.