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Definition of tunnel
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Examples of tunnel in a Sentence
The train goes through a tunnel in the mountain.
The moles dug tunnels in the yard.
Recent Examples of tunnel from the Web
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A warren of increasingly narrow tunnels leads to the reef, where miners blast a rock face rich with gold.
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Dale Romans' sunglasses slid ever so slightly down his nose as the trainer shuffled past the winner's circle and into the shadowy tunnel Thursday at Churchill Downs.
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Russell said, citing the success of the PortMiami tunnel.
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Pictures and video posted online showed passengers evacuating through darkened subway tunnels.
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A movie theater in downtown Rockville was closed for the night Saturday evening after smoke and fumes were found in a nearby vehiicular tunnel, the Montgomery County fire department said.
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Once the tunnel is completed the tracks will be moved back south to their original position.
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In hindsight, Stephan was slow to comprehend how tunnel-visioned the case against Crowe’s brother and two friends was.
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As part of a huge, ongoing cleanup, rail cars full of radioactive waste were driven into tunnels and buried, Bradbury said.
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Origin and Etymology of tunnel
Middle English tonel cask, tun, from Anglo-French, from tone tun
tunnel
Definition of tunnel
tunneled
ortunnelled
;tunneling
ortunnelling
\ˈtən-liŋ, ˈtə-nəl-iŋ\intransitive verb
1 : to make or use a tunnel
2 physics : to pass through a potential barrier electrons tunneling through an insulator between semiconductors
transitive verb
: to make a tunnel or similar opening through or under; also : to make (one's way) by or as if by making a tunnel
Examples of tunnel in a Sentence
Workers are tunneling through the hill.
Insects had tunneled into the tree.
First Known Use of tunnel
1795
TUNNEL Defined for English Language Learners
tunnel
playDefinition of tunnel for English Language Learners
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: a passage that goes under the ground, through a hill, etc.
tunnel
Definition of tunnel for English Language Learners
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: to make a tunnel
TUNNEL Defined for Kids
Definition of tunnel for Students
tunneled
ortunnelled
;tunneling
ortunnelling
: to make a passage under the ground
Medical Dictionary
tunnel
playMedical Definition of tunnel
: a bodily channel—see carpal tunnel
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