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- pronunciation:
- tuh
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- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
an underground or underwater passage created so that people or vehicles can go through it.
We get to the city by going through a tunnel under the river.The prisoner escaped from the camp through a tunnel that he'd dug.
- similar words:
- bore, corridor, gallery, pass, passage, passageway, tube
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| definition 2: |
the hole or den of a burrowing animal.
- synonyms:
- burrow, hole
- similar words:
- cave, den, hollow, lair
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| related words: |
hall, mine, passage, tube |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
tunnels, tunneling, tunneled |
| definition 1: |
to hollow out under or through something.
A mole tunneled a den for her babies to live in.- synonyms:
- bore, burrow
- similar words:
- cave, cavern, dig, mine, pierce
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| definition 2: |
to construct a tunnel or tunnels.
A rabbit has been tunneling in our garden.- similar words:
- burrow, dig, excavate, mine
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| related words: |
dig, mine, pierce |
| derivations: |
tunnellike (adj.), tunneler (n.) |
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