Tunnel - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈtʌnl|  American pronunciation of the word tunnel
Brit.  |ˈtʌn(ə)l|  British pronunciation of the word tunnel

noun

- a passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars)
the tunnel reduced congestion at that intersection
- a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter (syn: burrow)

verb

- move through by or as by digging (syn: burrow)
- force a way through

Extra examples

The train goes through a tunnel in the mountain.

The moles dug tunnels in the yard.

Workers are tunneling through the hill.

Insects had tunneled into the tree.

Then I began to tunnel into the huge bank of snow.

They were tunnelling into the mountainside.

The prisoners tunneled their way under the fence.

The grubs tunnel into the wood.

The tunnel goes straight through the mountain.

The prisoners escaped by digging a tunnel under the fence.

The stairs descended into the tunnel.

There was only 10 inches of clearance between the car and the side of the tunnel.

The train rocketed through the tunnel.

...every jointure in the roof of the harbor tunnel shows signs of leakage...

They could see a flicker of light at the end of the tunnel.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: tunnel
he/she/it: tunnels
present participle: tunnelling
past tense: tunnelled
past participle: tunnelled
noun
singular: tunnel
plural: tunnels
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