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- [tuhn-l]
- /ˈtʌn l/
- /ˈtʌn.əl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [tuhn-l]
- /ˈtʌn l/
Definitions of tunnelled word
- noun tunnelled an underground passage. 1
- noun tunnelled a passageway, as for trains or automobiles, through or under an obstruction, as a city, mountain, river, harbor, or the like. 1
- noun tunnelled an approximately horizontal gallery or corridor in a mine. 1
- noun tunnelled the burrow of an animal. 1
- noun tunnelled Dialect. a funnel. 1
- verb with object tunnelled to construct a passageway through or under: to tunnel a mountain. 1
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Origin of tunnelled
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 Tunnelled
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
tunnelled 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".
tunnelled usage trend in Literature
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