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Tunnel

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Noun

1. tunnel

a passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars)

Example Sentences:
'the tunnel reduced congestion at that intersection'

2. burrow, tunnel

a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter

Verb

3. burrow, tunnel

move through by or as by digging

Example Sentences:
'burrow through the forest'

4. tunnel

force a way through

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Tunnel

see synonyms of tunnel
noun
1. 
an underground passageway, esp one for trains or cars that passes under a mountain, river, or a congested urban area
2. 
any passage or channel through or under something
3.  a dialect word for funnel
4. obsolete
the flue of a chimney
verb -nels, -nelling, -nelled or US -nels, -neling or -neled
5. (transitive)
to make or force (a way) through or under (something)
to tunnel a hole in the wall
to tunnel the cliff
6. (intr; foll by through, under, etc)
to make or force a way (through or under something)
he tunnelled through the bracken

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Tunnel

see synonyms of tunnel
noun
1.  Obsolete
a. 
a flue
b. 
a funnel
2. 
a passageway, as through a mountain or under a body of water, as for automotive or rail traffic
3. 
an animal's burrow
4. 
any tunnel-like passage, as one in a mine
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈtunneled or ˈtunnelled, ˈtunneling or ˈtunnelling
5. 
to dig (a passage) in the form of a tunnel
6. 
to make a tunnel through or under
7. 
to make (one's way) by digging a tunnel
verb intransitive
8. 
to make a tunnel
9.  Physics
to pass through a normally impassable barrier or insulator
electrons tunnel through semiconductors

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Tunnel

see synonyms of tunnel
n.
1. An underground or underwater passage.
2. A passage through or under a barrier such as a mountain.
3. A tube-shaped structure.
v. tun·neled, tun·nel·ing, tun·nels or tun·nelled or tun·nel·ling
v.tr.
1. To make a tunnel through or under: tunneling the granite.
2. To produce, shape, or dig in the form of a tunnel: tunnel a passageway out of prison.
v.intr.
To make a tunnel.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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