tubal

English

Etymology

From tube + -al.

Pronunciation

Adjective

tubal (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to a tube, especially an anatomical one.
    • 1949 May and June, R. A. H. Weight, “A Short-Lived Pacific Class”, in Railway Magazine, page 195:
      The tubal heating surface of the Raven design was considerably less than on the contemporary Gresley design, and the grate area was the same, although the firebox heating surface was less.

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Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtubal/, [ˈtu.bɐl]
  • Hyphenation: tu‧bal

Noun

tubal (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜎ᜔) (chiefly Batangas, Mindoro)

  1. dirt on clothes mixed with dried sweat
  2. dirty clothes needing to be laundered
    Synonym: labada
  3. (obsolete) putting cotton in oil to be dyed after

Derived terms

  • magtubal
  • patubalin
  • tubalin

Adjective

tubal (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜎ᜔) (chiefly Batangas, Mindoro)

  1. soiled; already dirty (of clothes)

Further reading

  • tubal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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Noun

tubal

  1. round vessel made of bark
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