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- [tuhn-l]
- /ˈtʌn l/
- /ˈtʌnl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [tuhn-l]
- /ˈtʌn l/
Definitions of tunnel word
- noun tunnel an underground passage. 1
- noun tunnel a passageway, as for trains or automobiles, through or under an obstruction, as a city, mountain, river, harbor, or the like. 1
- noun tunnel an approximately horizontal gallery or corridor in a mine. 1
- noun tunnel the burrow of an animal. 1
- noun tunnel Dialect. a funnel. 1
- verb with object tunnel to construct a passageway through or under: to tunnel a mountain. 1
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Origin of tunnel
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English tonel (noun) < Middle French tonele, tonnelle funnel-shaped net, feminine of tonnel cask, diminutive of tonne tun; see -elle
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Parts of speech for Tunnel
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
tunnel popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
tunnel usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for tunnel
noun tunnel
- adit — an almost horizontal shaft into a mine, for access or drainage
- alleyway — An alleyway is the same as an alley.
- briar — A briar is a wild rose with long, prickly stems.
- burr — A burr is the part of some plants which contains seeds and which has little hooks on the outside so that it sticks to clothes or fur.
- cannula — a narrow tube for insertion into a bodily cavity, as for draining off fluid, introducing medication, etc
verb tunnel
- bore — If someone or something bores you, you find them dull and uninteresting.
- burrow — A burrow is a tunnel or hole in the ground that is dug by an animal such as a rabbit.
- concaved — curved like a segment of the interior of a circle or hollow sphere; hollow and curved. Compare convex (def 1).
- concaving — curved like a segment of the interior of a circle or hollow sphere; hollow and curved. Compare convex (def 1).
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