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1 tube
[tju:b]1) (a long, low cylinder-shaped object through which liquid can pass; a pipe: The water flowed through a rubber tube; a glass tube.) pípa, rör, slanga2) (an organ of this kind in animals or plants.) pípa, rás, leiðari, göng3) (an underground railway (especially in London): I go to work on the tube / by tube; ( also adjective) a tube train/station.) neðanjarðarlest4) (a container for a semi-liquid substance which is got out by squeezing: I must buy a tube of toothpaste.) túpa•- tubing- tubular -
2 pipe
1. noun1) (a tube, usually made of metal, earthenware etc, through which water, gas etc can flow: a water pipe; a drainpipe.) pípa, rör2) (a small tube with a bowl at one end, in which tobacco is smoked: He smokes a pipe; ( also adjective) pipe tobacco.) pípa3) (a musical instrument consisting of a hollow wooden, metal etc tube through which the player blows or causes air to be blown in order to make a sound: He played a tune on a bamboo pipe; an organ pipe.) hljóðpípa2. verb1) (to convey gas, water etc by a pipe: Water is piped to the town from the reservoir.) leiða (vatn, gas) eftir röri2) (to play (music) on a pipe or pipes: He piped a tune.) leika á hljóðpípu3) (to speak in a high voice, make a high-pitched sound: `Hallo,' the little girl piped.) segja hvellum rómi•- piper- pipes
- piping 3. adjective((of a sound) high-pitched: a piping voice.) skær, skerandi- pipeline
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3 siphon
1. noun1) (a bent pipe or tube through which liquid can be drawn off from one container to another at a lower level: He used a siphon to get some petrol out of the car's tank.) vökvasuga, sogari2) ((also soda-siphon) a glass bottle with such a tube, used for soda water.) sogari (fyrir sódavatnsflösku)2. verb((with off, into etc) to draw (off) through a siphon: They siphoned the petrol into a can.) soga með sogara -
4 hose
[həuz] 1.1) ((also hosepipe) a rubber, plastic etc tube which bends and which is used to carry water etc: a garden hose; a fireman's hose.) slanga2) (an older word for stockings or socks: woollen hose.) sokkar, sokkabuxur2. verb(to apply water to by means of a hose: I'll go and hose the garden/car.) sprauta (úr slöngu)- hosiery- hose reel
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5 periscope
['periskəup](a tube containing mirrors, through which a person can look in order to see things which cannot be seen from the position the person is in, especially one used in submarines when under water to allow a person to see what is happening on the surface of the sea.) sjónpípa, hringsjá -
6 snorkel
['sno:kəl](a tube with the end(s) above water for allowing an underwater swimmer to breathe or a submarine to take in air.) öndunarpípa
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