tunneler
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈtʌnələr/
- US
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tunelador
- The skilled tunneler used advanced machinery to create a network of underground passages for the new metro line.
Examples
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After years of training, she became a professional tunneler and specialized in constructing deep underground routes.
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In 1965, however, I spent a birthday with tunnelers building what was, for those days, a large (1 GW) oil-fired power station next to a major oil docking point for supertankers from the ME.
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During the excavation, the tunneler carefully removed soil to avoid collapsing the walls of the tunnel.
Synonyms
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2.8
A person who digs holes or trenches as their job
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3.7
An animal or person that digs tunnels in the ground to live in and to hide from danger
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9.6
A worker who digs tunnels underground to build subways
A machine that digs tunnels under the ground
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Etymology
Tunneler comes from tunnel, a word that once meant a 'barrel' or 'tube', so you can think of a tunnel as a long, hollow tube under the ground. That's why a tunneler is a person or machine that makes that tube by digging.