tubulate

American  

[too-byuh-lit, -leyt, tyoo-, too-byuh-leyt, tyoo-] / ˈtu byə lɪt, -ˌleɪt, ˈtyu-, ˈtu byəˌleɪt, ˈtyu- /

adjective

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

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verb (used with object)

tubulated, tubulating

1. to form into or furnish with a tube.

tubulate British  

verb

1. to form or shape into a tube

2. to fit or furnish with a tube

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adjective

1. a less common word for tubular

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• tubulator
  noun
• tubulation
  noun

Etymology

Origin of tubulate

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