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tunnel
[ tuhn-l ]
noun
- an underground passage.
- a passageway, as for trains or automobiles, through or under an obstruction, as a city, mountain, river, harbor, or the like.
- an approximately horizontal gallery or corridor in a mine.
- the burrow of an animal.
- Dialect. a funnel.
verb (used with object)
- to construct a passageway through or under:
to tunnel a mountain.
- to make or excavate (a tunnel or underground passage):
to tunnel a passage under a river.
- to move or proceed by or as if by boring a tunnel:
The river tunneled its way through the mountain.
- to pierce or hollow out, as with tunnels.
verb (used without object)
- to make a tunnel or tunnels:
to tunnel through the Alps.
tunnel
/ ˈʌə /
noun
- an underground passageway, esp one for trains or cars that passes under a mountain, river, or a congested urban area
- any passage or channel through or under something
- a dialect word for funnel
- obsolete.the flue of a chimney
verb
- tr to make or force (a way) through or under (something)
to tunnel a hole in the wall
to tunnel the cliff
- intr; foll by through, under, etc to make or force a way (through or under something)
he tunnelled through the bracken
Derived Forms
- ˈٳܲԲԱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ٳܲn· especially British, ٳܲn· noun
- ٳܲn· adjective
- ܲ·ٳܲn noun
- ܲ·ٳܲn adjective
- ܲ·ٳܲn adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of tunnel1
Idioms and Phrases
see light at the end of the tunnel .Example Sentences
The Public Order Act the following year broadened the police's powers to manage protests and brought in new criminal offences including "locking on" to objects, causing serious disruption by tunnelling, and interfering with major infrastructure.
A record-breaking tunnel is being built under the Baltic Sea between Denmark and Germany, which will slash travel times and improve Scandinavia's links with the rest of Europe.
This week, millions of dollars in gold and jewels were stolen from a downtown L.A. jeweler’s two safes after burglars tunneled into the shop through multiple reinforced walls.
“You’re seeing a glowing tunnel of hot air that might be 10 miles in diameter produced by this very tiny little pebble that’s passing through the atmosphere and burns up,” Krupp said.
Its regulations say walk-on music is played as the players emerge from the tunnel, followed by the Champions League anthem once they have lined up.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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