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Noun: tunnel  tú-n(u)l
  1. A passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars)
    "the tunnel reduced congestion at that intersection"
     
  2. A hole made by an animal, usually for shelter
    - burrow
Verb: tunnel (tunnelled,tunnelling, or [US] tunneled,tunneling)  tú-n(u)l
  1. Move through by (or as if by) digging
    "tunnel through the forest";
    - burrow
     
  2. Force a way through

Derived forms: tunneling, tunnelled, tunnelling, tunnels, tunneled

Type of: cut into, delve, dig, hole, hollow, passageway, penetrate, perforate, turn over

Encyclopedia: Tunnel, Der

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