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Meaning:
Noun:
- An approximately cylindrical container, usually with a crimped end and a screw top, used to contain and dispense semi-liquid substances.
- Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape.
- slang A tin can containing beer (or other beverage?)
- colloquial The London Underground railway system, originally referred to the lower level lines that ran in tubular tunnels as opposed to the higher ones which ran in rectangular section tunnels. (Often ''the tube''.)
- colloquial A television. Also, derisively, boob tube. British: telly
- surfing A wave which pitches forward when breaking, creating a hollow space inside.
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Proper noun:
- informal The London Underground
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