Tunnel Definition
tŭnəl
tunneled, tunneling, tunnelled, tunnelling, tunnels
noun
tunnels
An underground or underwater passage.
Wiktionary
A flue.
Webster's New World
A funnel.
Webster's New World
A passageway, as through a mountain or under a body of water, as for automotive or rail traffic.
Webster's New World
A tube-shaped structure.
American Heritage
verb
tunneled, tunneling, tunnelled, tunnelling, tunnels
To dig (a passage) in the form of a tunnel.
Webster's New World
To make a tunnel through or under.
Webster's New World
To make a tunnel.
Webster's New World
To pass through a normally impassable barrier or insulator.
Electrons tunnel through semiconductors.
Webster's New World
To make (one's way) by digging a tunnel.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Tunnel
Noun
Singular:
tunnel
Plural:
tunnelsOrigin of Tunnel
Middle English tonel barrel, tubular net from Old French tonnel diminutive of tonne tun possibly of Celtic origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Middle French tonnelle.
From Wiktionary
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