shop class shop | a course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity), I built a birdhouse in shop |
neural tube | a tube of ectodermal tissue in the embryo from which the brain and spinal cord develop |
harpy harpy bat tube-nosed bat tube-nosed fruit bat | any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes |
tube foot | tentacular tubular process of most echinoderms (starfish and sea urchins and holothurians) having a sucker at the end and used for e.g. locomotion and respiration |
acorn tube | a small vacuum tube, used at high frequencies |
betting shop | a licensed bookmaker's shop that is not at the race track |
blowgun blowpipe blowtube blow tube | a tube through which darts can be shot by blowing |
blowtube blow tube blowpipe | a tube that directs air or gas into a flame to concentrate heat |
boron counter tube | a proportional counter tube for counting neutrons |
boutique dress shop | a shop that sells women's clothes and jewelry |
breech rear of barrel rear of tube | opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded |
bucket shop | (formerly) a cheap saloon selling liquor by the bucket |
butcher shop meat market | a shop in which meat and poultry (and sometimes fish) are sold |
cafe coffeehouse coffee shop coffee bar | a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold |
capillary capillary tube capillary tubing | a tube of small internal diameter, holds liquid by capillary action |
cathodeay tube CRT | a vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen |
chop shop | a place where stolen cars are disassembled for their parts |
color tube colour tube color television tube colour television tube color TV tube colour TV tube | a television tube that displays images in full color |
counter tube | a measuring instrument for counting individual ionizing events |
Crookes tube | the original gas-discharge cathodeay tube |
delicatessen deli food shop | a shop selling ready-to-eat food products |
diode rectifying tube rectifying valve | a thermionic tube having two electrodes, used as a rectifier |
display window shop window shopwindow show window | a window of a store facing onto the street, used to display merchandise for sale in the store |
driven well tube well | a well made by driving a tube into the earth to a stratum that bears water |
drugstore apothecary's shop chemist's chemist's shop pharmacy | a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold |
endotracheal tube | a catheter that is inserted into the trachea through the mouth or nose in order to maintain an open air passage or to deliver oxygen or to permit the suctioning of mucus or to prevent aspiration of the stomach contents |
espresso shop | a cafe where espresso is served |
florist florist shop flower store | a shop where flowers and ornamental plants are sold |
gas-discharge tube | a tube in which an electric discharge takes place through a gas |
Geiger tube Geiger-Muller tube | an ionization chamber contained in a tube in a Geiger counter |
gift shop novelty shop | a shop that sells miscellaneous articles appropriate as gifts |
glow tube | a gas-discharge tube consisting of a cold cathode and a diode in a tube filled with gas, the color of the glow depends on the particular gas |
hardware store ironmonger ironmonger's shop | a store selling hardware, in Great Britain they used to call a hardware store an ironmonger's shop |
head shop | a shop specializing in articles of interest to drug users, he bought some roach clips and hashish pipes at the head shop |
inner tube | an inflatable rubber tube that fits inside the casing of a pneumatic tire |
ionization chamber ionization tube | a measuring instrument that measures the amount of ionizing radiation |
junk shop | a shop that sells cheap secondhand goods |
kinescope picture tube television tube | a cathodeay tube in a television receiver, translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen |
Kundt's tube | a measuring instrument used to measure the speed of sound |
machine shop | workshop where metal is cut and shaped etc., by machine tools |
metro tube underground subway system subway | an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city), in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground' |
millinery hat shop | shop selling women's hats |
nasotracheal tube | a tube inserted into the trachea through the nose and pharynx, used to deliver oxygen |
neon lamp neon induction lamp neon tube | a lamp consisting of a small gas-discharge tube containing neon at low pressure, luminescence is produced by the action of currents at high frequencies that are wrapped a few turns around the tube |
pawnbroker's shop pawnshop loan office | a shop where loans are made with personal property as security |
pet shop | a shop where pet animals can be purchased |
pipe wrench tube wrench | adjustable wrench for gripping and turning a pipe, has two serrated jaws that are adjusted to grip the pipe |
Pitot-static tube Pitot head Pitot tube | measuring instrument consisting of a combined Pitot tube and static tube that measures total and static pressure, used in aircraft to measure airspeed |
Pitot tube Pitot | measuring instrument consisting of a right-angled tube with an open end that is directed in opposition to the flow of a fluid and used to measure the velocity of fluid flow |
pizzeria pizza shop pizza parlor | a shop where pizzas are made and sold |