{
    "term": "tube",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "image": "data/images/pa/packaging.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a long, hollow pipe made of metal, plastic, rubber, etc., through which liquids or gases move from one place to another",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He had to be fed through a feeding tube for several months."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She poured the liquid down the tube."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["fine", "narrow", "thin"],
                "preposition": ["down a/​the tube", "in a/​the tube", "into a/​the tube"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a hollow object in the shape of a pipe or tube",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the cardboard tube from the centre of a toilet roll"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I put the poster back into its tube."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["fine", "narrow", "thin"],
                "preposition": ["down a/​the tube", "in a/​the tube", "into a/​the tube"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a long, narrow container made of soft metal or plastic, with a lid (= cover), used for holding thick liquids that can be forced out of it by pressing",
            "sensetop": "tube (of something)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a tube of toothpaste",
                    "contextForm": "tube (of something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a tube of glue"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a can of beer",
            "labels": "(Australian English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a tube of lager"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a part inside the body that is like a tube in shape and through which air, liquid, etc. passes",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "bronchial tubes"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The oesophagus is the tube leading from the throat to the stomach."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["fine", "narrow", "thin"],
                "preposition": ["down a/​the tube", "in a/​the tube", "into a/​the tube"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "the underground railway system in London",
            "sensetop": "on the tubeby tube",
            "labels": "(British English)British EnglishNorth American EnglishBritish English",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I often travel on the tube",
                    "contextForm": "on the tube"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We came by tube.",
                    "contextForm": "by tube"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **tube station/train**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She caught the wrong tube *(= tube train)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I bumped into him on the tube."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I had to cram myself into a packed tube carriage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "my tube journey to work"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by bus and train"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["London"],
                "verb + tube": ["catch", "go on", "take"],
                "tube + noun": ["line", "network", "station"],
                "preposition": ["by tube", "on the tube"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "the television",
            "labels": "(North American English, informal)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["TV, radio and news"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "a small tube placed in a child’s ear in order to drain liquid from it when there is an infection",
            "labels": "(North American English)British English",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to fail",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The education system is going down the tubes."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Difficulty and failure"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tjuːb/",
                "audio": "tu/tube/tube__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tuːb/",
                "audio": "tu/tube/tube__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 17th cent.: from French tube or Latin tubus."
}