tunnel
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈtʌnəl/
:
túnel
- The workers are digging a tunnel that will connect the subway to the new station.
- undersea tunnel
- service tunnel
- tunnel-boring machine
So I actually swam through the tunnel that people now drive through.
- So I actually swam through the tunnel that people now drive through.
- There's big signs at the tunnels, at the bridges.
- Whoever constructed this, they built a tunnel system underground.
- That just means the tunnels snake around a lot, right?
- I just think like that tradition on the walkout out of the tunnel is badass.
- A train gets destroyed whereas tunnels stay protected and move with the ground.
- And then we ended up with a huge tunnel underground.
- They were studying fish swimming in a water tunnel, OK.
- It's not just a single tunnel, it's many tunnels.
- And if it shrinks that it must fit now completely within the tunnel, right?
- So we have to look at it that those tunnels and everything are real.
- You Were you able to see the end of the tunnel pretty early on?
- So he sealed all the tunnels and that the tunnel economy ended with that.
Examples
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A slidewalk ran down the center of the tunnel that led to Docks Five through Nine.
Fiction book (1990) -
Now we're down in the tunnel, the famous MIT tunnel.
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I was walking through the tunnel that leads you right to the school?
Academic text (2013) -
It's not just a single tunnel, it's many tunnels.
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Down a tunnel in the boiler room.
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I am an accountant in the firm who built this tunnel.
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Whoever constructed this, they built a tunnel system underground.
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I was stuck in a tunnel at a McDonald's play place.
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And this fort has other secrets, including a tunnel system which culminates in a secret exit.
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Head for the tunnel!
Synonyms
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2.5
A way for people or things to move through
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1.0
An underground passage for people to cross under a road or railway
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7.2
A nearly flat tunnel in a mine for access and moving minerals
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2.7
A tunnel under a road or railway that people use to cross safely
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3.2
A passage built under the ground for people or vehicles to pass through
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7.9
A narrow passage just large enough for a person to crawl through
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3.5
A tunnel built for trains to pass through hills or under cities
A hole made by drilling into rock or under the ground using a machine
An underground tunnel that carries water into a place or a small tube in the body
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.5
A narrow passage on the palm side of the wrist that carries nerves and tendons
- Specialized
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4.4
A large machine that moves air to test how it affects objects like cars or planes
- Specialized
5
3.5
A feeling of pain, numbness, or weakness in the hand caused by a nerve being squeezed in the wrist
- Offensive
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9.3
People who travel into a city from outside to go out for fun
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Etymology
Tunnel comes from an old French word tonnel meaning 'barrel'. So think of a long barrel or tube cut through rock or under a river—that image explains why a tunnel is a passageway for trains, cars, or people.