Thesaurus results for TUNNEL

tunnel

noun

Definition of tunnel

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 Walker and Travis Kelce led the tunnel fits for the second home game of the new season. — Kansas City Star, 20 Sep. 2026 To follow Johnson’s formula, blend a few garlic cloves and chili peppers with water, strain the mixture, and then spray it directly into mole tunnels. — Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 20 Sep. 2026 The following August, six Israeli hostages were executed by Hamas in a tunnel in Rafah, after more than three hundred days in captivity. — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026 As the train emerges from the tunnel, pitch darkness alternates with sudden bursts of sunlight through openings in the bedrock. — Ben Corn, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tunnel

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Like the woolly rhino, the Irish elk is depicted on the cave walls of Chauvet in France.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
The cave had effectively served as a prehistoric rest and maintenance station.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of cave

Noun

Floating through crystal-clear water before hiking silently through cathedral-like caverns was easily the highlight of my time in the Mexican Caribbean and a reminder that one of the region's greatest attractions lies well beyond the beach.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2026
At present, lithium-ion batteries excel at short-term electricity storage (hours), but hydrogen can be stored in large quantities in underground salt caverns for months, balancing seasonal swings in renewable energy production.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of cavern

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Nussbaum and her colleagues began passing out leaflets at Boston subway and bus stops to women heading to their jobs at downtown office buildings.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
The new penalties align with pre-existing rules on Singapore’s subway system.

— Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2026

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