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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Very, very few people have been allowed into the Chauvet cave in Southeastern France since it was discovered in 1994 and found to contain ancient cave paintings dating back more than 30,000 years.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
4 Sep. 2025
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Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in Wisconsin has sea caves to explore on kayaks.—
Jeffrey C. Hallo,
The Conversation,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Yeo considers Benjamin Moore’s Sea Salt CSP-95 a neutral that can easily bridge the cavern between warm and cool tones.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
28 Aug. 2025
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The valley floor hums with cowbells and the distant whir of paragliders circling above alpine meadows—as Trümmelbach’s glacial torrents roar through limestone caverns.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
Noun
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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 9 Sep. 2025.
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