'Tunnel' definitions:
Definition of 'tunnel'
From: WordNet
noun
A passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars); "the tunnel reduced congestion at that intersection"
noun
A hole made by an animal, usually for shelter [syn: burrow, tunnel]
verb
Move through by or as by digging; "burrow through the forest" [syn: burrow, tunnel]
verb
Force a way through
Definition of 'Tunnel'
From: GCIDE
- Tunnel \Tun"nel\ (t[u^]n"n[e^]l), n. [F. tonnelle a semicircular, wagon-headed vault, a tunnel net, an arbor, OF. also tonnel; dim. of tonne a tun; -- so named from its resemblance to a tun in shape. See Ton.]
- 1. A vessel with a broad mouth at one end, and a pipe or tube at the other, for conveying liquor, fluids, etc., into casks, bottles, or other vessels; a funnel. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The opening of a chimney for the passage of smoke; a flue; a funnel. [1913 Webster]
- And one great chimney, whose long tunnel thence The smoke forth threw. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 3. An artificial passage or archway for conducting canals, roads, or railroads under elevated ground, for the formation of roads under rivers or canals, and the construction of sewers, drains, and the like. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Mining) A level passage driven across the measures, or at right angles to veins which it is desired to reach; -- distinguished from the drift, or gangway, which is led along the vein when reached by the tunnel. [1913 Webster]
- Tunnel head (Metal.), the top of a smelting furnace where the materials are put in.
- Tunnel kiln, a limekiln in which coal is burned, as distinguished from a flame kiln, in which wood or peat is used.
- Tunnel net, a net with a wide mouth at one end and narrow at the other.
- Tunnel pit, Tunnel shaft, a pit or shaft sunk from the top of the ground to the level of a tunnel, for drawing up the earth and stones, for ventilation, lighting, and the like. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Tunnel'
From: GCIDE
- Tunnel \Tun"nel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tunneled (t[u^]n"n[e^]ld) or Tunnelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tunneling or Tunnelling.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To form into a tunnel, or funnel, or to form like a tunnel; as, to tunnel fibrous plants into nests. --Derham. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To catch in a tunnel net. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To make an opening, or a passageway, through or under; as, to tunnel a mountain; to tunnel a river. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Tunnel'
From: GCIDE
- Tunnel \Tun"nel\, v. i. To make a tunnel; as, to tunnel under a river. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'tunnel'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abri,
- access,
- adit,
- aisle,
- alley,
- ambulatory,
- antre,
- aperture,
- approach trench,
- arcade,
- artery,
- avenue,
- bore,
- bunker,
- burrow,
- cave,
- cavern,
- channel,
- cloister,
- colonnade,
- communication,
- communication trench,
- conduit,
- connection,
- corridor,
- couch,
- countermine,
- countersink,
- coupure,
- course,
- cove,
- covered way,
- covert,
- deepen,
- defile,
- delve,
- den,
- depress,
- dig,
- dig out,
- dike,
- ditch,
- dive,
- double sap,
- dredge,
- drill,
- drive,
- duct,
- dugout,
- earth,
- egress,
- entrance,
- entrenchment,
- excavate,
- exit,
- ferry,
- fire trench,
- flying sap,
- ford,
- form,
- fortified tunnel,
- fosse,
- foxhole,
- furrow,
- gallery,
- gouge,
- gouge out,
- groove,
- grot,
- grotto,
- grub,
- hole,
- ingress,
- inlet,
- interchange,
- intersection,
- junction,
- lair,
- lane,
- lodge,
- lower,
- mew,
- mine,
- moat,
- opening,
- outlet,
- overpass,
- parallel,
- pass,
- passage,
- passageway,
- penetrate,
- portico,
- quarry,
- railroad tunnel,
- run,
- sap,
- scoop,
- scoop out,
- scrabble,
- scrape,
- scratch,
- sewer,
- shaft,
- shovel,
- sink,
- slit trench,
- spade,
- subterrane,
- subway,
- traject,
- trajet,
- trench,
- trough,
- troughing,
- troughway,
- underpass,
- warren,
- way