as in cave
a passage that goes under the ground, through a hill, etc.
The train goes through a tunnel in the mountain. The moles dug tunnels in the yard.
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Recent Examples of tunnel
The erosion-scarred sandstone bends and buckles in places forming unique overhangs, ledges and curving tunnels.
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Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 1 Aug. 2025
The incident report was issued Tuesday at 8:35 p.m., and the most recent report regarding this incident was released on Tuesday at 10:16 p.m.
Central Street: tunnel closed between exit 2T and I-35 North
A tunnel is closed on Central Street in Kansas City from exit 2T to I-35 North.
—Kansas City Star Bot
updated July 30, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2025
Even though many beachy, boozy songs in his catalogue offer a lighthearted spirit of escapism, just as many zero in on life’s struggles while offering shimmers of light at the end of dark tunnels.
—Scott Huver, People.com, 24 July 2025
Walking through the tunnels is a trip back in time, with Rome’s complex layers of history laid bare.
—Antonia Mortensen, CNN Money, 23 July 2025
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Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 1 Aug. 2025
The incident report was issued Tuesday at 8:35 p.m., and the most recent report regarding this incident was released on Tuesday at 10:16 p.m.
Central Street: tunnel closed between exit 2T and I-35 North
A tunnel is closed on Central Street in Kansas City from exit 2T to I-35 North.
—Kansas City Star Bot
updated July 30, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2025
Even though many beachy, boozy songs in his catalogue offer a lighthearted spirit of escapism, just as many zero in on life’s struggles while offering shimmers of light at the end of dark tunnels.
—Scott Huver, People.com, 24 July 2025
Walking through the tunnels is a trip back in time, with Rome’s complex layers of history laid bare.
—Antonia Mortensen, CNN Money, 23 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tunnel
Noun
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The deceptively tranquil opening finds a monk meditating in a cave, then finding a mysterious conch shell in the pool beneath a waterfall.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
3 Aug. 2025
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On this day in 1908: Two young clergymen discovered a nearly complete Neanderthal skeleton in a cave in La Chapelle-aux-Saints, France.—
AZCentral.com,
AZCentral.com,
3 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Earthquakes have shaken the cavern repeatedly and back in the day, when the government was testing nuclear weapons farther west at the Nevada Test Site, an underground blast would cause the water to ripple.—
Shaun McKinnon,
AZCentral.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Little detail is known about exactly what each of the underground caverns held or when, but etchings by 18th-century Italian classical archaeologist and artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi show it as a lively part of the city center.—
Antonia Mortensen,
CNN Money,
23 July 2025
Noun
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In late August, La Beauté Louis Vuitton will open its first China store at Deji, right next to its ultra-busy subway entrance, which receives an average daily footfall of 300,000.—
Denni Hu,
Footwear News,
14 Aug. 2025
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The Rat chased his dream into a subway tunnel, moments before a train came roaring through.—
Peter Ames Carlin,
Rolling Stone,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Tunnel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tunnel. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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