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tubeway

tubeway noun: a system of interlinked tubes serving as a transport network.

Noun

tubeway (plural tubeways)

  1. A system of interlinked tubes serving as a transport network.
    • As usual, he relished the order and tidiness of the Complex; the sterile unscented air, the empty white tubeways, the featureless blocks and cubes that lined the outer walls.1995, Gareth Roberts, Zamper
    • The piezoelectric pedestrian tubeways depicted for Shanghai 2121 will provide all-weather pedestrian transportation citywide.2016, Alan Marshall, Ecotopia 2121: A Vision for Our Future Green Utopia in 100 Cities

Forms of tubeway

pluraltubeways

Origin of tubeway

From tube + way.

Questions about tubeway

What does tubeway mean?
Tubeway means a system of interlinked tubes serving as a transport network.
What part of speech is tubeway?
Tubeway is a noun.
What is the plural of tubeway?
The plural of tubeway is tubeways.

Words near tubeway in the dictionary

  1. tubesteaks
  2. tubestock
  3. tubeteika
  4. tubeteikas
  5. tubeufiaceous
  6. tubeway
  7. tubeways
  8. tubewell
  9. tubewells
  10. tubework
  11. tubeworm

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