1. short tubes or pipes, especially those used as outlets or connections in laboratory apparatus or industrial equipment
Usage: technical; plural form

Examples

• The distillation flask had two tubulures for connecting the condenser.
• The chemist attached rubber tubing to the tubulures on the reaction vessel.
• Industrial boilers often feature multiple tubulures for steam and water connections.
• The laboratory glassware included several tubulures for gas inlet and outlet.
• Engineers designed the pressure vessel with reinforced tubulures at critical points.