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TORPEDO TUBE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does torpedo tube mean?
• TORPEDO TUBE (noun)
The noun TORPEDO TUBE has 1 sense:
1. a tube near the waterline of a vessel through which a torpedo is fired
Familiarity information: TORPEDO TUBE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tube near the waterline of a vessel through which a torpedo is fired
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("torpedo tube" is a kind of...):
tube; tubing (conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases)
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