Meanings
comparative more tubular · superlative most tubular
- Shaped like a tube.
tubular bell
1 more example
As we descended the long wooden stairway that leads from the central tower to the Island of Inchgarvie, the straight and simple outlines of the internal viaduct stood out in sharp contrast to the long sweep of the massive tubular arms of the cantilevers, and the complicated network of the lattice cross girders.
1950 March, H. A. Vallance, “On Foot Across the Forth Bridge”, in Railway Magazine, page 150 - Relating to, or composed of, tubes or tubules.
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It was such a tubular party, Journal! But a few minutes later, I walked up to the Hermosa Beach Pier and left the girls with my things, thinking the totally bitchin' party would continue. But when I got back, they were all gone.
2007, Brian Laesch, The Verge of Psychosis: An Aspiring Actor's Journal
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveconstituting a tube; having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian цилиндричен, тръбообразен
- цилиндричен (cilindričen)shaped like a tube
- тръбообразен (trăboobrazen)shaped like a tube
- тръбен (trăben)of or pertaining to a tube
Catalan tubular
- tubularshaped like a tube
Finnish putkimainen, putki-
- putkimainenshaped like a tube
- putki-shaped like a tube
German schlauchförmig, rohrförmig
- schlauchförmigshaped like a tube
- rohrförmigshaped like a tube
Greek αυλωτός
- αυλωτός (avlotós)shaped like a tube
Hungarian csöves
- csövesshaped like a tube
Irish feadánach
- feadánachshaped like a tube
Russian тру́бчатый, трубообра́зный
- тру́бчатый (trúbčatyj)shaped like a tube
- трубообра́зный (truboobráznyj)shaped like a tube
- тру́бный (trúbnyj)of or pertaining to a tube
- тру́бчатый (trúbčatyj)consisting of tubes
Spanish tubular, tubular
- tubularshaped like a tube
- tubularof or pertaining to a tube
- tubularconsisting of tubes
Swedish rörformig
- rörformigshaped like a tube
Welsh tiwbaidd, pibellaidd
- tiwbaiddshaped like a tube
- pibellaiddshaped like a tube
- tiwbaiddconsisting of tubes
- pibellaiddconsisting of tubes
Cite this entry
tubular. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tubular
“tubular.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tubular. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tubular,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tubular.
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