Complete Definition of "tunnel"

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Image:Burgholztunnel Nordroehre Ostportal 2006-03-19 2.JPG|250px|thumb|a tunnel [1-2] in [[w:Wuppertal|Wuppertal]]

Etymology
From MF. tonnelle (modern: #French|tunnel).

Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�n�l|-�n�l

Noun
en-noun

  1. An underground or underwater passage.
  2. A passage through or under some obstacle.
  3. A hole in the ground made by an animal, a burrow.

Translations

Finnish: tunneli
French: tunnel#French|tunnel m
German: Tunnel m
Greek: �ή�αγγα (síra[n]ɡa) f, ��οά (stoá) f, �ο�νελ (túnel) n
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Ido: tunelo
Polish: [1-3] tunel m
Welsh: twnnel m

Verb
en-verb|tunnels|tunnelling or in American usage tunneling|tunnelled or in American usage tunneled

  1. transitive To make a tunnel through or under something, to burrow.
  2. intransitive To make a tunnel.

Related terms
tunneller
tunnel vision
light at the end of the tunnel
wind tunnel


French

Pronunciation
IPA|/ty.n�l/
SAMPA|/ty.nEl/

Noun
tunnel m

  1. #English|tunnel

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