tubulate

[too-byuh-lit, -leyt, tyoo-, too-byuh-leyt, tyoo-]

adjective

1. Also tubulated. shaped like or having a tube.

verb (used with object)

tubulated, tubulating 

1. to form into or furnish with a tube.

tubulate

verb

1. to form or shape into a tube

2. to fit or furnish with a tube

adjective

1. a less common word for tubular

Other Word Forms

• tubulation noun
• tubulator noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of tubulate¹

1745–55; < Latin tubulātus; tubule, -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of tubulate¹

C18: from Latin tubulātus , from tubulus a little pipe, from tubus pipe

Example Sentences

A tubulate coral with microscopic cells.

From Project Gutenberg

Beak tubulate, compressed, notched: 28 species.

From Project Gutenberg