Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of or relating to a tube.
- adj. Constituting or consisting of tubes or a tube.
- adj. Shaped like a tube.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Having the form of tube or pipe, without reference to size; tubuliform; tubiform; tubar; fistulous.
- In botany, tube-like; tube-shaped; having a tube; tubulous: as, a tubular corolla or calyx.
- As applied to respiratory sounds, noting a sound like that produced by a current of air through a tube.
Wiktionary
- adj. Shaped like a tube.
- adj. Of or pertaining to a tube.
- adj. Consisting of tubes.
- adj. slang, dated Cool, awesome.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Having the form of tube, or pipe; consisting of a pipe; fistular.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. constituting a tube; having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids)
Examples
“SHAPIRO: Vita Needle is as competitive as ever, holding onto 10 percent of the market in tubular products.”
“Other objects such as polished green stone, in tubular and spherical shapes, had a symbolic value with religious meaning.”
“SKiN offers innovative technology, such as its supporting frame in tubular pretensioned aluminium, with foam rubber inserts which act as the base for the structure cover in leather or double face felt, featuring self-modelling geometric incisions.”
“Not to excuse my product, but a 1.5mm cut on the tread that could eventually translate into a bigger damage on the tube at 110-120 psi on a tubular is a repair that is very difficult to achieve, not to mention holding the seal.”
“My wife calls the tubular pillow a “bolster”, which seems to hold up in a google search.”
“When the critical level has been reached in the kidneys, Cadmium excretion via the urine increases suddenly; simultaneously proteins appear in the urine (a situation referred to as tubular proteinurial).”
“On account of economy in space and also on account of this cross-talk feature, there has come into existence the so-called tubular or iron-clad drop, one of which is shown in section in Fig. 247.”
Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc.
“And since flatting a tubular is a huge bummer, I wouldn't think twice about spending extra for these durable, race-worthy tubies for my "special occasion" carbon wheels.”
“The Johnston's organ is placed at the base of antennae that is responsible for their circulatory system throughout the entire body with a long tubular organ called tubular heart that progresses the blood wholly.”
“Sunlight pipes (also called tubular daylighting devices) are low-tech devices that work wonders in dark hallways or bathrooms that have an accessible roof to penetrate.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘tubular’.
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shapes
words for shape
( randomness, visual. descriptive )triangular, conical, round, broad, congruous, hexagonal, globular, curved, oval, rectangular, parallel, crumpled and 142 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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A Galimafrée of Plant Anatomy & Morph...
A hodgepodge, jumble, jambalaya, *gallimaufry, circus and tent revival of plant anatomy and morphology terms and phrases - its a big tent, and no tickets are required.
*array, collecti...naked bud, leaf blade, brochidodromous, serrate, cork cambium, rhizomatous, flower stalk, deciduous sepal, petal, whorl, nectar gland, stamen and 1348 more...
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Steampunk
Words used quite often in steampunk
ansible, airship, chymical, valve, clockwork, dirigible, thaumaturgy, copper, bronze, difference engine, gear, rivets and 516 more...
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Costa Vida
The Costal Life
surf, carve, tubular, rip curl, curl, froth, floater, tweak, wafting, off the wall, pocket, rad and 39 more...
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Rad Words.
Put any Rad word, any at all.
super, rad, awesome, amazing, cool, nerdfightastic, fantastic, spectacular, groovy, funky, dishy, sick and 5 more...
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Kalli's Words
redundant, munchkin, escapade, natch, boom, fap, geek, nocturnal, pedantic, tactile, conversant, oxymoron and 188 more...
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Adjectives ending with ar
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sionnach's Words
contumely, fomite, holmgang, poltroon, eleemosynary, obsidian, nugatory, grindcore, felch, recrudescent, pyx, parenteral and 3271 more...
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The History of Cool
Words that mean "cool" around the world and through the ages.
cool, awesome, wild, stylin', groovy, neat, nifty, swell, great, tubular, radical, bitchin' and 188 more...
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Ugliest Words Ever
words that I refuse to say out loud.
tuna, uranus, bulbous, vaginal, rectum, cunnilingus, flatulance, pedagogy, blooper, booger, beefy, polyp and 116 more...
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Words that are fun to say
stipple, carbuncle, dongle, exemplar, misbegotten, gigolo, salubrious, jupiter, propinquity, piglet, tobogganing, supercilious and 309 more...
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eureka!!
favourite amusing words and phrases
There is at least..., eureka, dharma, fufluns, tubular, carbuncle, spanakopita, mojo, cake or death, negative space, sweet tooth fairy, floweth and 26 more...
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These are a few of my least favorite ...
Romantic hatred.
hella, wifebeater, pwn, surly, pedantic, banal, torpor, squalor, insipid, wow, spazz, jejune and 14 more...
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Words Some People Can't Pronounce, No...
vietnam, nuclear, vietnamese, macrame, sandwich, peripheral, remuneration, wash, mischievous, february, wednesday, spaghetti and 38 more...
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