[Vocabulary] metal tube

[Will17]

Hello!

What would you call a "metal tube" on a chair? A metal tube, metallic tube or pipe?

CHeers
Will

 

[freezeframe]

What kind of metal tube? Can you be more descriptive? My chairs don't have any metal tubes (sounds painful!)

 

[Will17]

This is a link to a picture of a chair with metal tubes:

Google Images

 

[freezeframe]

This is a link to a picture of a chair with metal tubes:

Google Images

Your link just opens the google images page. Please link a specific picture. Thank you.

 

[riquecohen]

Hello!

What would you call a "metal tube" on a chair? A metal tube, metallic tube or pipe?

CHeers
Will

The chair could have a tubular metal frame or legs made of a tubular metal.

 

[JMurray]

Will.
It's commonly called tubular steel, or whatever the metal might be. Chairs made of bent metal tubing are usually called tubular chairs. They are sometimes called tube chairs, but this can also refer to an item where the whole chair is tube-shaped, like a large pipe.

not a teacher

 

[Will17]

Your link just opens the google images page. Please link a specific picture. Than you.

That's what I dit but apparently it's not working.:-(

 

[Will17]

Will.
It's commonly called tubular steel, or whatever the metal might be. Chairs made of bent metal tubing are usually called tubular chairs. They are sometimes called tube chairs, but this can also refer to an item where the whole chair is tube-shaped, like a large pipe.

not a teacher

Thank you all for your help.

In fact, what I want to say is : the frame of the chair is made of metal. Some of the tubes of the metal frame are damaged... Is the use of "tube" correct? Would it be better to say "pipe"?

CHeers

 

[JMurray]

I would say "part of the tubular frame is damaged", "pipe" is not really appropriate in this case. A pipe is more commonly a conduit for something, like a water pipe or gas pipe.

 

[freezeframe]

Tubular Chairs is a lesser known album by Mike Oldfield's brother Dwaine.