tubal

From tube +‎ -al.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtjuːbəl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtubəl/

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tubal (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to a tube, especially an anatomical one.
   • 1949 May and June, R. A. H. Weight, “A Short-Lived Pacific Class”, in Railway Magazine, page 195:

     The tubal heating surface of the Raven design was considerably less than on the contemporary Gresley design, and the grate area was the same, although the firebox heating surface was less.

• balut, bulat

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtubal/ [ˈt̪uː.bɐl]
• Rhymes: -ubal
• Syllabification: tu‧bal

tubal (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜎ᜔) (chiefly Batangas, Mindoro, Quezon)

1. dirt on clothes mixed with dried sweat
2. dirty clothes needing to be laundered

   Synonyms: labada, madumi

3. (obsolete) putting cotton in oil to be dyed after

tubal (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜎ᜔) (chiefly Batangas, Mindoro, Quezon)

1. soiled; already dirty (of clothes)

• “tubal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• balut, butal, bulta

tubal

1. round vessel made of bark