tubing
Americannoun
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tubings
plural
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material in the form of a tube.
glass tubing.
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tubes collectively.
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a piece of tube.
two feet of copper tubing.
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Also called inner-tubing. the sport or recreation of floating down a river or stream on an inner tube.
noun
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tubes collectively
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a length of tube
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a system of tubes
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fabric in the form of a tube, used for pillowcases and some cushions; piping
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Origin of tubing
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In one video, the workers unwind a line of black tubing, or conduit, from a spool the size of a small car, before feeding it into the ground.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
Certain lots were found to have internal tubing tears, which risk under-delivering insulin to patients.
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
The original system, which used electric coils, failed during the legendary Ice Bowl in 1967, but the modern hydronic system, installed in 1997, relies on heated water circulated through underground tubing and is reliable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 31, 2025
He took out a piece of surgical tubing and said, “Put this in your mouth.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025
The seamless steel tubing I told Mr. Caton to order was delivered.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
The bars, tubings and forgings Scheurich uses to produce his components are made of a specialized steel bolstered, or alloyed, with elements such as nickel or chromium to enhance their strength and corrosion resistance.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 12, 2018
Cleek carried one of these tubings to the dock's edge, with the aid of Dollops handed it over into the hands that were outstretched to receive it, and went back for another one.
From The Riddle of the Frozen Flame by Walter De Maris
The crooks are fitted between the body and the mouthpiece; they are a series of smaller interchangeable tubings, which extend in length as they descend in pitch, and set the instrument in different keys.
From Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 by Various
Why, ship it, by using an electrical factory where he makes tubings and fittings—and a good deal of mischief, to boot.
From The Riddle of the Frozen Flame by Walter De Maris
No struggles with the water-springs, which will save us long expensive tubings; and we shall be working in daylight instead of down a deep and narrow well.
From From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon by Jules Verne
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