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.

Typed by Irwin

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

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