Meaning

8 senses
  1. An underground or underwater passage.

    Tunnel, Stollen

    тонне́льtonnɛ́lʹ, тунне́льtunnɛ́lʹ

    туне́льtunélʹ

  2. A passage through or under some obstacle.

    a passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars)

  3. A hole in the ground made by an animal, a burrow.

    a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter

  4. A wrapper for a protocol that cannot otherwise be used because it is unsupported, blocked, or insecure.

  5. A vessel with a broad mouth at one end, a pipe or tube at the other, for conveying liquor, fluids, etc., into casks, bottles, or other vessels; a funnel.

  6. The opening of a chimney for the passage of smoke; a flue.

  7. 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.

  8. (figuratively)Anything that resembles a tunnel.

Examples

266 sentences
  1. Where is the longest tunnel in Japan?

    Де найдовший тонель в Японії? — anastasishko

    ruГде находится самый длинный туннель в Японии? — marafon

  2. There's somebody in the tunnel.

    У тунелі хтось є. — deniko

    ruВ туннеле кто-то есть. — marafon

  3. They dug through the mountain and built a tunnel.

    Вони пробилися крізь гору і побудували тунель. — MaxUA

    ruОни пробились сквозь гору и построили туннель. — Balamax

  4. I will try to avoid tunnels as much as possible.

    Я спробую уникати тунелів, як тільки це можливо. — deniko

    ruЯ буду стараться избегать тоннелей, как только можно. — poji

  5. Tom disappeared into the tunnel.

    Том зник у тунелі. — deniko

    ruТом исчез в туннеле. — odexed

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
an underground or underwater passage:
Русский
By meaning 1
an underground or underwater passage:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
an underground or underwater passage:

Origin

From Middle English tonnel, from Old French tonel(e), diminutive of tone (“cask”), a word

From Middle English tonnel, from Old French tonel(e), diminutive of tone (“cask”), a word of uncertain origin and affiliation. Related to Old English tunne (“tun; cask; barrel”). More at tun.

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Forms

plural: tunnels
Singulartunnel
Pluraltunnels

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter:burrow

Word family

12 related words

See also

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