tubular

1. 1.

   constituting a tube; having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids)

   Synonymscannulartubeliketube-shapedvasiform

   Similarhollow

Questions about tubular

What does tubular mean?

tubular means "constituting a tube; having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids)".

How many syllables are in tubular?

tubular has 3 syllables: tu-bu-lar. The stress falls on "tu". In IPA it is /ˈtubjəlɚ/.

What is another word for tubular?

Close synonyms include cannular, tubelike, tube-shaped, vasiform. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tubular a common word?

tubular is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.