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tun·nel  (tnl)

n.

1. An underground or underwater passage.

2. A passage through or under a barrier.

3. Obsolete The main flue on a chimney.

v. tun·neled or tun·nelled, tun·nel·ing or tun·nel·ling, tun·nels

v.tr.

1. To make a tunnel through or under.

2. To produce, shape, or dig in the form of a tunnel.

v.intr.

To make a tunnel.

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[Middle English tonel, tubular net, from Old French tonnelle, diminutive of tonne, tun, possibly of Celtic origin.]

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tunnel·er, tunnel·ler n.

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tunnel [ˈtʌn^əl]

n

1. (Engineering / 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. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) Obsolete the flue of a chimney

vb -nels, -nelling, -nelled US, -nels -neling, -neled

1. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) (tr) to make or force (a way) through or under (something) to tunnel a hole in the wall to tunnel the cliff

2. (intr; foll by through, under, etc) to make or force a way (through or under something) he tunnelled through the bracken

[from Old French tonel cask, from tonne tun, from Medieval Latin tonna barrel, of Celtic origin]

tunneller  US, tunneler n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tunnel - a passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars); "the tunnel reduced congestion at that intersection" auto, automobile, car, motorcar, machine - a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work" catacomb - an underground tunnel with recesses where bodies were buried (as in ancient Rome) passageway - a passage between rooms or between buildings railroad tunnel - a tunnel through which the railroad track runs shaft - a long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel underpass, subway - an underground tunnel or passage enabling pedestrians to cross a road or railway
	2.	tunnel - a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter burrow hollow, hole - a depression hollowed out of solid matter rabbit warren, warren - a series of connected underground tunnels occupied by rabbits
Verb	1.	tunnel - move through by or as by digging; "burrow through the forest" burrow cut into, delve, dig, turn over - turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration"
	2.	tunnel - force a way through                   penetrate, perforate - pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance; "The bullet penetrated her chest"

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tunnel

noun

passage, underpass, passageway, subway, channel, hole, shaft two new railway tunnels through the Alps

verb

dig, dig your way, burrow, mine, bore, drill, excavate The rebels tunnelled out of a maximum security jail.

Translations

tunnel [ˈtʌnl]

A. N (gen) → túnel m (Min) → galería f; (= underpass) → paso m subterráneo

B. VT [+ one's way, a passage] → cavar
they tunnelled their way out → escaparon excavando un túnel
a mound tunnelled by rabbits → un montículo lleno de madrigueras de conejo
shelters tunnelled out in the hillsides → refugios mpl horadados en las colinas

C. VI → construir un túnel; [animal] → excavar una madriguera
they tunnel into the hill → construyen un túnel bajo la colina
to tunnel down into the earth → perforar un túnel en la tierra
the rabbits tunnel under the fence → los conejos hacen madrigueras que pasan debajo de la valla

D. CPD tunnel vision N → visión f periférica restringida (fig) → estrechez f de miras

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tunnel [ˈtʌn^əl]

n (gen) → tunnel m; (in mine) → galerie f
the Tunnel → le tunnel sous la Manche

vi (gen) → creuser un tunnel; (in mine) → creuser une galerie
tunnel vision n

(MEDICINE) → rétrécissement m du champ visuel

(fig) → vision f étroite des choses

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tunnel

n → Tunnel m; (under road, railway also) → Unterführung f; (Min) → Stollen m; at last we can see the light at the end of the tunnel (fig) → endlich sehen wir wieder Licht; that for me was always the light at the end of the tunnel (fig) → das war für mich immer ein Hoffnungsfunken

vi (→ in +acc) (→ durch) → einen Tunnel bauen; (rabbit) → einen Bau graben; (mole) → Gänge pl → graben; they tunnelled (Brit) or tunneled (US) under the walls of the jail → sie gruben (→ sich dat) → einen Tunnel unter den Mauern des Gefängnisses hindurch

vt they tunnelled (Brit) or tunneled (US) a road through the mountain → sie bauten einen Straßentunnel durch den Berg; the hillside had been tunnelled (Brit) or tunneled (US) by rabbits → die Kaninchen hatten ihre Baue in den Hang gegraben; to tunnel one’s way through something → sich durch etw hindurchgraben

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tunnel [ˈtʌnl]

1. n (gen) → galleria, tunnel m inv; (Min) → galleria
the Mont Blanc tunnel → il traforo del Monte Bianco

2. vt to tunnel one's way out → aprirsi un passaggio scavando
to tunnel a passage → scavare un passaggio

3. vi → scavare una galleria

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tunnel

n tunnel [ˈtanl]

a (usually man-made) underground passage, especially one cut through a hill or under a river The road goes through a tunnel under the river. tonnel نَفَق тунел tunel tunnel der Tunnel σήραγγα túnel tunnel تونل tunneli tunnel מִנהָרָה सुरंग tunel, podzemni hodnik alagút terowongan jarðgöng tunnel トンネル 터널 tunelis tunelis; eja terowong tunnel tunnel tunel túnel tunel тоннель tunel tunel tunel tunnel อุโมงค์ tünel 隧道 тунель; підземний хід سرنگ đường hầm 隧道

v – past tense, past participle ˈtunnelled , (American ) ˈtunneled –

to make a tunnel They escaped from prison by tunnelling under the walls. tonnel, grawe يَحْفُر نَفَقاً تَحْت الجُدْران прокарвам тунел vykopat tunel grave sig igennem untertunneln ανοίγω σήραγγα excavar un túnel tunnelit tegema, käiku uuristama تونل حفر کردن kaivaa tunneli creuser un tunnel לַחפּוֹר מִנהָרָה सुरंग खोदना probijati tunel alagutat fúr membuat terowongan grafa jarðgöng (scavare un tunnel) トンネルを掘る 터널을 파다 ið(si)kasti tunelá izrakt tuneli/eju membuat terowong een tunnel graven grave tunnel, grave seg gjennom wykopać tunel fazer um túnel a săpa un tunel прокладывать тоннель vykopať tunel napraviti tunel iskopati tunel gräva en tunnel ขุดอุโมงค์ tünel kazmak/açmak 挖隧道 прокладати тунель سرنگ بنانا xây dựng đường hầm 掘隧道

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tunnel → قُمْع tunel tunnel Tunnel σήραγγα túnel tunneli tunnel tunel tunnel トンネル 터널 tunnel tunnel tunel túnel туннель tunnel อุโมงค์ tünel đường hầm 隧道