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# tubular

adjective (tubular; more tubular)

«tubular» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Tubular means shaped like a tube: long, round and hollow, like a pipe or a drinking straw. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tubular/#m1)
2. Tubular also means made of tubes, like a tubular steel chair frame. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tubular/#m2)
3. (slang, old-fashioned, US) Tubular meant great or cool, in surfer talk of the 1980s. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tubular/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science and technology lessons, «tubular» describes shapes and structures: tubular bones, tubular flowers, tubular steel in bikes and bridges; hollow tubes are strong but light. In music, «tubular bells» are long metal tubes you hit. In stories it is a describing word for shape. Phrases: «tubular steel», «tubular bells», «tubular frame».

### Examples

- Bike frames are often made of tubular steel or aluminium. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tubular/#x1)
- The flower has tubular petals, so only bees with long tongues can reach the nectar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tubular/#x2)
- The school chairs have tubular metal legs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tubular/#x3)
- The orchestra played the tubular bells at the end of the piece. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tubular/#x4)
- A drinking straw is a tubular shape. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tubular/#x5)
- Worms have long tubular bodies. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tubular/#x6)
- (slang) «That wave was totally tubular, dude!» said the surfer in the old film. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tubular/#x7)

### Note

Adjective only. Stress on «TU»: TOO-byoo-lur. It comes from «tube». The slang meaning is old and jokey; today most people say «cool» or «awesome». A tubular thing is hollow; a solid round bar is a rod or cylinder, not a tube.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «tubular» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tubular/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tubular» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tubular.html) on Mova free.