1
: material in the form of a tube
also
: a length or piece of tube
2
: a series or system of tubes
3
: the sport or activity of riding an inner tube (as down a river or snowy slope)
Examples of tubing in a Sentence
The fluids travel through flexible plastic tubing.
We go tubing on the river every summer.
Recent Examples on the Web
Aside from the plethora of nearby activities — think vineyards, hiking Unicoi State Park and Chattahoochee National Forest, and tubing down the Chattahoochee River — visitors can delight in the town's Bavarian-style buildings, cobblestone paths, beer gardens, polka bands, and hearty German cuisine.
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Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 20 May 2024
She is given a heap of medical equipment sealed into plastic bags (syringes, tubing, a phosphorescent green liquid, a gooey white injectable food product), and she’s told about the protocol regarding her new self — which, the program warns, will also be her old self.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 19 May 2024
For watering, if there is an irrigation system in the landscape near your containers, spaghetti tubing is easy to insert through the drainage hole.
—Suzanne S. Brown, The Denver Post, 14 May 2024
The nose piece and tubing are dishwasher-safe But Take Note
The NozeBot is a portable device that is rechargeable and cordless.
—Christin Perry, Parents, 10 May 2024
Other lakes in the area are Juniper Lake, Holly Lake, and Lake Stanley, where visitors can go tubing and boating.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 6 May 2024
Elevators, electrical equipment, tubing and other structures incurred damages costing $26 million to fix—more than five times the $5 million NASA had set aside for repairs.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 May 2024
The luxury mountain resort and 2023 World’s Best Awards winner offers activities like archery lessons and snow tubing, a pub with arcade games and a bowling alley, a kids club, and direct access to hiking paths and groomed slopes.
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 2 May 2024
May is a time when many Arizonans start thinking about river tubing or swimming in resort pools, but ski season is still open.
—Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 2 May 2024
Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 20 May 2024
She is given a heap of medical equipment sealed into plastic bags (syringes, tubing, a phosphorescent green liquid, a gooey white injectable food product), and she’s told about the protocol regarding her new self — which, the program warns, will also be her old self.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 19 May 2024
For watering, if there is an irrigation system in the landscape near your containers, spaghetti tubing is easy to insert through the drainage hole.
—Suzanne S. Brown, The Denver Post, 14 May 2024
The nose piece and tubing are dishwasher-safe But Take Note
The NozeBot is a portable device that is rechargeable and cordless.
—Christin Perry, Parents, 10 May 2024
Other lakes in the area are Juniper Lake, Holly Lake, and Lake Stanley, where visitors can go tubing and boating.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 6 May 2024
Elevators, electrical equipment, tubing and other structures incurred damages costing $26 million to fix—more than five times the $5 million NASA had set aside for repairs.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 May 2024
The luxury mountain resort and 2023 World’s Best Awards winner offers activities like archery lessons and snow tubing, a pub with arcade games and a bowling alley, a kids club, and direct access to hiking paths and groomed slopes.
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 2 May 2024
May is a time when many Arizonans start thinking about river tubing or swimming in resort pools, but ski season is still open.
—Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 2 May 2024
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“Tubing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tubing. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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tubing
noun
tub·ing
ˈt(y)ü-biŋ 
1
: material in the form of a tube
2
: a series or system of tubes
3
: the sport or activity of riding an inner tube (as down a river or snowy slope)
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