Tunnel
['tʌnl]
Definition
(noun.) a passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars); 'the tunnel reduced congestion at that intersection'.
(verb.) force a way through.
Editor: Ricky--From WordNet
Definition
(n. .) 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.
(n. .) The opening of a chimney for the passage of smoke; a flue; a funnel.
(n. .) An artificial passage or archway for conducting canals or railroads under elevated ground, for the formation of roads under rivers or canals, and the construction of sewers, drains, and the like.
(n. .) 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.
(v. t.) To form into a tunnel, or funnel, or to form like a tunnel; as, to tunnel fibrous plants into nests.
(v. t.) To catch in a tunnel net.
(v. t.) To make an opening, or a passageway, through or under; as, to tunnel a mountain; to tunnel a river.
Typed by Billie
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Funnel.
Inputed by Chris
Definition
n. an arched passage cut through a hill or under a river &c.: the long underground burrow of certain animals as the mole: any mine-level open at one end: (Spens.) a flue chimney.—v.t. to make a passage through: to hollow out:—pr.p. tunn′elling; pa.t. and pa.p. tunn′elled.—n. Tunn′el-net a net wide at the mouth and narrow at the other end.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of going through a tunnel is bad for those in business and in love. To see a train coming towards you while in a tunnel, foretells ill health and change in occupation. To pass through a tunnel in a car, denotes unsatisfactory business, and much unpleasant and expensive travel. To see a tunnel caving in, portends failure and malignant enemies. To look into one, denotes that you will soon be compelled to face a desperate issue.
Edited by Augustus
Examples
- We drove slowly in this matting-covered tunnel and came out onto a bare cleared space where the railway station had been. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The trees and vines stretch across these narrow roadways sometimes and so shut out the sun that you seem to be riding through a tunnel. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- As is quite generally known, air pressure and tunnel shields were used in all of the under-water work. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Are the lights at the tunnel and the western pass in order, Alexandros? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Some fell dead, many wounded, and the yells of the discomfited assailants vibrated under the vaulted roof of the tunnel, as they retired in disorder. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- This tunnel is large enough to permit the easy passage of a touring car. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In the meantime, he placed a strong guard at the gate of the tunnel and in the western pass, so as to prevent the island being taken by surprise. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The method of construction used in the Hudson River tunnels has been designated the shield method. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- We had plenty of chilly tunnels wherein to check our perspiration, though. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- If a waterfall is convenient, air is compressed by the body of descending water, and used to ventilate tunnels, and deep shafts and mines, or drive the drills or other tools. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- If I remember rightly, we passed high above wagon roads or through tunnels under them, but never crossed them on their own level. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The Story of the Tunnels Under the Hudson River[58] Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The making of roads, railroads, canals and tunnels has called forth thousands of ingenious mechanisms for their accomplishment. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Beginning life as a stone mason, he rose by his own industry to be a master among architects and a prince among builders of iron bridges, aqueducts, canals, tunnels, harbours and docks. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- As the rock drill made a revolution in blasting and tunnelling, so the Blake crusher revolutionised the art of road making. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Editor: Sonya