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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
When the BBC World Service Eye Investigations team visited the area, Turkish aircraft pummelled the mountains surrounding the village to root out PKK militants, who have long operated from caves and tunnels in northern Iraq.
Passengers on the Barcelona metro had to walk to safety using the torches on their mobile phones when their trains became stuck in tunnels.
She is expecting her first baby with a new partner, and says this shows that there can be light at the end of the tunnel.
The panic industry used to cater mainly to the wealthy, as escape tunnels and secret rooms aren’t cheap to install.
Traffic lights being affected led to the mayor of Madrid to ask residents to keep the roads clear as tunnels of certain highways were closed.
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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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