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- Dictionarytun·nel/ˈtən(ə)l/
noun
- 1. an artificial underground passage, especially one built through a hill or under a building, road, or river.
verb
- 1. dig or force a passage underground or through something: "he tunneled under the fence"
- 2. (of a particle) pass through a potential barrier.
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TUNNEL definition: 1. a long passage under or through the ground, especially one made by people: 2. the long passage…. Learn more.
The meaning of TUNNEL is a covered passageway; specifically : a horizontal passageway through or under an obstruction. How to use tunnel in a sentence.
noun. an underground passage. a passageway, as for trains or automobiles, through or under an obstruction, as a city, mountain, river, harbor, or the like. an approximately horizontal gallery or corridor in a mine. the burrow of an animal. Dialect. a funnel. verb (used with object)
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.
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.
A tunnel is an underground or undersea passageway. It is dug through surrounding soil, earth or rock, or laid under water, and is perfectly enclosed except for the two portals common at each end. A pipeline is not a tunnel, though some recent tunnels have used immersed tube construction techniques rather than traditional tunnel ...
TUNNEL definition: 1. a long passage under the ground or through a mountain: 2. to dig a tunnel. Learn more.
Definition of tunnel noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
: a passage that goes under the ground, through a hill, etc. an underground tunnel. The train goes through a tunnel in the mountain. The moles dug tunnels in the yard. a light at the end of the tunnel. — see 1 light. — see also carpal tunnel syndrome, wind tunnel. 2 tunnel / ˈ tʌnl̟/ verb.
