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
Thoughtful details went into the design, such as a grand entrance with a narrowing tunnel that emulates the dramatic walk into a world-class stadium.
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Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
The restaurant’s tunnel-like entrance is meant to emulate the entrance into a stadium.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2025
Those weapons will undergo testing to evaluate their performance against underground facilities, tunnels, and other hardened sites.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
Guests enter through a tunnel which appears to be surrounded by the roots of a tree with colorful gems embedded in the soil.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
The restaurant’s tunnel-like entrance is meant to emulate the entrance into a stadium.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2025
Those weapons will undergo testing to evaluate their performance against underground facilities, tunnels, and other hardened sites.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
Guests enter through a tunnel which appears to be surrounded by the roots of a tree with colorful gems embedded in the soil.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tunnel
Noun
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Led by anthropologist Lee Berger, PhD, a director and research professor at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits University) in South Africa, the researchers recently published their new findings on the Rising Star cave system.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Sep. 2025
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Fuhrich wasn’t the only hero of the caves, historian Johannes Mattes explains.—
Danny Robb,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Vanuatu’s dive options range from coral reef and dramatic caverns to legendary World War II ship and plane wrecks like Million Dollar Point and the SS President Coolidge, a troopship sunk by mines in 1942 that can be explored with Aore Adventures in Espiritu Santo.—
Terry Ward,
AFAR Media,
11 Sep. 2025
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Divers and snorkelers can explore the geological wonder’s caverns and stalactites that reach up to 40 feet.—
Jennifer Kester,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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My ankles fully look like a map of the New York subway.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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From pointing your camera at a subway map and asking how to get to a specific place, to recommending options from a restaurant menu, snapping a picture and asking AI to help you out can deliver great results.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Tunnel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tunnel. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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