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- Dictionarytunnel/ˈtʌnl/
noun
- 1. an artificial underground passage, especially one built through a hill or under a building, road, or river: "a road tunnel through the Pyrenees"
- 2. short for wind tunnel
verb
- 1. dig or force a passage underground or through something: "he tunnelled under the fence"
- 2. (of a particle) pass through a potential barrier.
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verb [ I/T ] us / ˈtʌn· ə l / -l- | -ll- to dig a tunnel: [ I ] Earthworms digest organic matter as they tunnel. [ T ] The people trapped in the collapsed building had to tunnel their way out.
The meaning of TUNNEL is a covered passageway; specifically : a horizontal passageway through or under an obstruction. How to use tunnel in a sentence.
tunnel. noun. /ˈtʌnl/. /ˈtʌnl/. Idioms. a passage built underground, for example to allow a road or railway to go through a hill, under a river, etc. a railway/railroad tunnel. the Channel Tunnel. the tunnel entrance/walls/ceiling.
The tunnel was initially used only for rail freight serving the Waterloo Freight terminal, and later freight and passengers serving the Liverpool ship liner terminal. The tunnel's path is from Edge Hill in the east of the city to the north end Liverpool docks at Waterloo Dock.
noun. 1. an underground passageway, esp one for trains or cars that passes under a mountain, river, or a congested urban area. 2. any passage or channel through or under something. 3. a dialect word for funnel. 4. obsolete. the flue of a chimney.
to construct a passageway through or under: to tunnel a mountain. to make or excavate (a tunnel or underground passage): to tunnel a passage under a river. to move or proceed by or as if by boring a tunnel: The river tunneled its way through the mountain. to pierce or hollow out, as with tunnels.
TUNNEL definition: 1. a long passage under the ground or through a mountain: 2. to dig a tunnel. Learn more.
A tunnel is a passage that runs underground or through something, like a train tunnel that cuts through a mountain. Some theme parks have networks of underground tunnels so that employees can move around out of sight of visitors.
n. 1. (Civil Engineering) an underground passageway, esp one for trains or cars that passes under a mountain, river, or a congested urban area. 2. any passage or channel through or under something. 3. a dialect word for funnel. 4. (Building) obsolete the flue of a chimney.
tunnel meaning, definition, what is tunnel: a passage that has been dug under the gr...: Learn more.
