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1. (n.) tunnel
an underground passage.
2. tunnel
a passageway, as for trains or automobiles, through or under a mountain, river, or other obstruction.
3. tunnel
an approximately horizontal gallery or corridor in a mine.
4. tunnel
the burrow of an animal.
5. tunnel
Dial. a funnel.
6. (v.t.) tunnel
to construct a passageway through or under.
7. tunnel
to make or excavate (a tunnel or underground passage).
8. (v.i.) tunnel
to make a tunnel or tunnels.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME tonel (n.) < MF tonele, tonnelle funnel-shaped net, fem. of tonnel cask, dim. of tonnetun ; see -elle)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) tunnel
a passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars)
"the tunnel reduced congestion at that intersection"
2. (verb) burrow, tunnel
a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter
3. (verb) burrow, tunnel
move through by or as by digging
"burrow through the forest"
4. (verb) tunnel
force a way through
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1. (noun) tunnel
a long underground structure with a road or railroad through it
the tunnel under the bay; a tunnel through the mountain
2. tunnel
a passage an animal has dug underground
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| Definition of 'Tunnel' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. Tunnel
a vessel with a broad mouth at one end, a pipe or tube at the other, for conveying liquor, fluids, etc., into casks, bottles, or other vessels; a funnel
2. Tunnel
the opening of a chimney for the passage of smoke; a flue; a funnel
3. Tunnel
an artificial passage or archway for conducting canals or railroads under elevated ground, for the formation of roads under rivers or canals, and the construction of sewers, drains, and the like
4. Tunnel
a level passage driven across the measures, or at right angles to veins which it is desired to reach; -- distinguished from the drift, or gangway, which is led along the vein when reached by the tunnel
5. (verb) Tunnel
to form into a tunnel, or funnel, or to form like a tunnel; as, to tunnel fibrous plants into nests
6. (verb) Tunnel
to catch in a tunnel net
7. (verb) Tunnel
to make an opening, or a passageway, through or under; as, to tunnel a mountain; to tunnel a river
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Sense: a (usually man-made) underground passage, especially one cut through a hill or under a river
The road goes through a tunnel under the river.
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 Afrikaans: tonnel |
 Arabic: نَفَق |
 Bulgarian: тунел |
 Brazilian: túnel |
 Czech: tunel |
 German: der Tunnel |
 Danish: tunnel |
 Greek: σήραγγα |
 Spanish: túnel |
 Estonian: tunnel |
 Farsi: تونل |
 Finnish: tunneli |
 French: tunnel |
 Hebrew: מִנהָרָה |
 Hindi: सुरंग |
 Croatian: tunel, podzemni hodnik |
 Hungarian: alagút |
 Indonesian: terowongan |
 Icelandic: jarðgöng |
 Italian: tunnel |
 Japanese: トンネル |
 Korean: 터널 |
 Lithuanian: tunelis |
 Latvian: tunelis; eja |
 Malay: terowong |
 Dutch: tunnel |
 Norwegian: tunnel |
 Polish: tunel |
 Persian: تونل |
 Pashto: تونل |
 Portuguese: túnel |
 Romanian: tunel |
 Russian: тоннель |
 Slovak: tunel |
 Slovenian: tunel |
 Serbian: tunel |
 Swedish: tunnel |
 Thai: อุโมงค์ |
 Turkish: tünel |
 Taiwanese: 隧道 |
 Ukrainian: тунель; підземний хід |
 Urdu: سرنگ |
 Vietnamese: đường hầm |
 Chinese: 隧道 |
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