tunnel
/ˈtʌn(ə)l/
An underground or underwater passage; A passage through or under some obstacle
- plural
- tunnels
Meanings
- 1
An underground or underwater passage
Our train went through a long tunnel.
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Tom escaped from jail through a tunnel.
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- 2
A passage through or under some obstacle
- 3
A hole in the ground made by an animal, a burrowrare
- 4
A wrapper for a protocol that cannot otherwise be used because it is unsupported, blocked, or insecurerare
- 5
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 funnelrare
- 6
The opening of a chimney for the passage of smoke; a fluerare
- 7
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 tunnelrare
- 8
Anything that resembles a tunnelrare