tunnel

🇺🇸 /ˈtʌnl/ 🇬🇧 /ˈtʌnl/
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Tags TOP3000Oxford3000CEFR-B1
noun
B2

An underground passage for roads, trains, or people to go through hills or under rivers.

The train goes through a long tunnel under the mountain.

R

An underground passage made by animals or natural forces.

Rabbits live in a tunnel under the ground.

verb
R

To dig an underground passage.

Workers tunnel through the rock to build the road.

translation

n. An underground passage for roads, trains, or people to go through hills or under rivers.; An underground passage made by animals or natural forces.
v. To dig an underground passage.

Word Forms

3rd Present tunnels
Past tunneled
Perfect tunneled
Progressive tunneling
Plural tunnels