test tube

test tube
noun
glass tube closed at one end (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms: ↑tube, ↑tubing

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noun
: a tube for simple tests that is usually a plain tube of thin glass closed at one end but sometimes has a foot, bulb, graduated scale, or other modification

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a hollow cylinder of thin glass with one end closed, used in chemical and biological experimentation and analysis.
[1840-50]

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test tube noun
A glass cylinder closed at one end, used in chemistry, bacteriology, etc
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Main Entry: ↑test

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test tube UK US noun [countable] [singular test tube plural test tubes] science
a long thin glass container that is open at one end and is used in laboratories
Thesaurus: equipment used in scientific researchhyponym

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test tube,
a thin glass tube closed at one end, used in making chemical or biological tests.
test-tube «TEHST TOOB, -TYOOB», adjective.
1. of, having to do with, or contained in a test tube: »

a test-tube experiment, test-tube cultures.

2. Figurative. of or by chemical synthesis; synthetic: »

a test-tube product.

3. Figurative. born through artificial insemination: »

test-tube cattle.

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n. a thin glass tube closed at one end, used to hold small amounts of material for laboratory testing or experiments
■ [as adj.] denoting things produced or processes performed in a laboratory

new forms of test-tube life

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noun, pl ⋯ tubes [count]
: a glass container that is shaped like a tube which is closed at one end and that is used especially in science experiments

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ˈtest tube [test tube test tubes] noun
a small glass tube, closed at one end, that is used in scientific experiments

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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