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English
Etymology
From tube + -al.
Pronunciation
Adjective
tubal (not comparable)
- 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.
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Translations
of or pertaining to a tube, especially an anatomical one
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Tagalog
Pronunciation
Noun
tubal (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜎ᜔) (chiefly Batangas, Mindoro)
- dirt on clothes mixed with dried sweat
- dirty clothes needing to be laundered
- Synonyms: labada, madumi
- (obsolete) putting cotton in oil to be dyed after
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Adjective
tubal (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜎ᜔) (chiefly Batangas, Mindoro)
- soiled; already dirty (of clothes)
Further reading
- “tubal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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Noun
tubal
- round vessel made of bark