torpedo tube

noun

: a tube from which torpedoes are fired

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If the cruise missile is wider than the torpedo tube, designers must pick a different launch scheme. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 5 Sep. 2023 Passive sonar listens quietly for engine noise, or transient sounds such as a torpedo tube being opened. — James Dwyer, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026 Strikingly, a torpedo tube on the submarine was open, and a torpedo was half-out of the submarine. — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 20 June 2023 The goal of this frightening little beauty was to allow a submarine to destroy an enemy sub at long distance by firing a rocket out of a torpedo tube. — David Szondy, New Atlas, 12 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for torpedo tube

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1891, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of torpedo tube was circa 1891

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“Torpedo tube.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/torpedo%20tube. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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