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Meaning of 'tunnel' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Tunnel [ 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.
- The opening of a chimney for the passage of smoke; a flue; a funnel.
- 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.
- 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.
2 . Tunnel [ v. t.]
- To form into a tunnel, or funnel, or to form like a tunnel; as, to tunnel fibrous plants into nests.
- To catch in a tunnel net.
- To make an opening, or a passageway, through or under; as, to tunnel a mountain; to tunnel a river.

Meaning of 'tunnel' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . tunnel [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars)
Example in sentence:
  • the tunnel reduced congestion at that intersection
2 . tunnel [ v]
Meaning (2):
- move through by or as by digging
Example in sentence:
  • burrow through the forest

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