tunnel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʌn(ə)l/
rhymes: -ʌnəl
Forms: form: tunnels
form: tunneling
form: tunnelling
form: tunneled
form: tunneled
form: tunnelled
form: tunnelled
Etymology: From Middle French tonnelle (“net”) or tonel (“cask”), diminutive of Old French tonne (“cask”), a word of uncertain origin and affiliation. Related to Old English tunne (“tun; cask; barrel”). More at tun.
Senses: examples: text: The 1955 Act gave powers for compulsory acquisition of "easements", or permission to tunnel beneath dwelling houses instead of, as had previously been necessary, following approximately the course of surface roads.
ref: 1962 October, “London gets its Victoria tube”, in Modern Railways, page 258:
text: The 6.5km route is agreed from a junction with the relief lines of the Great Western main line to the west of Slough, the new link would tunnel under the M25 to reach Heathrow's Terminal 5 station, where space has been set aside to accommodate services from the west.
ref: 2019 October, Ruth Bagley tells James Abbott, “Crunch time for Heathrow western link”, in Modern Railways, page 74:
synonyms: undermine
glosses: To make a tunnel through or under something; to burrow.
glosses: To dig a tunnel.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To transmit something through a tunnel (wrapper for an insecure or unsupported protocol).
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: To insert a catheter into a vein to allow long-term use.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: To undergo the quantum-mechanical phenomenon where a particle penetrates through a barrier that it classically cannot surmount.
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb tunnel
word: bridge and tunnel
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb tunnel
word: bridge-and-tunnel
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word: carpal tunnel
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word: carpal tunnel syndrome
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word: Channel Tunnel
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word: cross-tunnel
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word: ear tunnel
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word: flesh tunnel
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word: fudge tunnel
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word: high tunnel
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word: light at the end of the tunnel
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word: love tunnel
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word: quantum tunnel
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word: screech tunnel
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word: Severn Tunnel Junction
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word: snake in the tunnel
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word: steam tunnel
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word: sun tunnel
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word: tarsal tunnel syndrome
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word: time tunnel
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word: Toblerone tunnel
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word: tree tunnel
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word: tunnel book
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word: tunnel boring machine
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word: tunnel broker
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word: Tunnel City
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word: tunnel diode
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word: tunnel disease
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word: tunnel head
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word: tunnel kiln
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word: tunneller
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word: tunnel net
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb tunnel
word: tunnel of love
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb tunnel
word: tunnel plug
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb tunnel
word: tunnel ram
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word: tunnel rat
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word: tunnel running
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word: tunnel stern
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word: tunnel vision
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word: tunnel-visioned
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word: water tunnel
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb tunnel
word: wind tunnel