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test tube

test tube noun: a glass tube, rounded at one end and open at the other, used for small-scale laboratory tests.

test tube: a glass tube, rounded at one end and open at the other, used for small-scale laboratory tests
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Noun

test tube (plural test tubes)

  1. A glass tube, rounded at one end and open at the other, used for small-scale laboratory tests.

test tube meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Punjabi and Gujarati

test tube in Tamil

சோதனைக்குழாய், சோதனைக் குழாய்

test tube in Kannada

ಪ್ರನಾಳ, ಗಾಜಿನ ನಳಿಕೆ, ಪ್ರಯೋಗನಾಳ, ಪರೀಕ್ಷಾ ಪ್ರನಾಳ

test tube in Punjabi

glass tube
ਪਰੀਖਿਆ ਨਾਲ਼ੀ parīkhiā nāḷī

test tube in Gujarati

glass tube
કસનળી kasnaḷī
More languagesFewer languages
test tube in Nepali
टेस्ट ट्यूब ṭesṭ ṭyūb
test tube in Tagalog
subukang tubo
test tube in Arabic
أُنْبُوب اِخْتِبَار ʔunbūb iḵtibār
test tube in Malay
tabung uji
test tube in Thai
หลอดทดลอง lɔ̀ɔt-tót-lɔɔng
test tube in Vietnamese
ống nghiệm

Forms of test tube

pluraltest tubes
alternative formtest-tube

Words formed from test tube

Questions about test tube

What does test tube mean?
Test tube means a glass tube, rounded at one end and open at the other, used for small-scale laboratory tests.
What is test tube in Tamil?
Test tube in Tamil is சோதனைக்குழாய், சோதனைக் குழாய். See Test tube meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is test tube?
Test tube is a noun.
What is the plural of test tube?
The plural of test tube is test tubes.

Words near test tube in the dictionary

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  10. Test Valley
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Adapted from Wiktionary: test tube (page history and authors); test tube (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); test tube (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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