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- pronunciation:
- tuh
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- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word Explorer
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noun |
| definition 1: |
A tunnel is a place, like a long hole, dug under the ground or under a body of water so that people or vehicles can travel through it.
When Kayla's family drove to her grandmother's house, they went through a tunnel under a river.The prisoner escaped by digging a tunnel.
- similar words:
- corridor, gallery, pass, passage, tube
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| definition 2: |
A tunnel is an underground home for an animal. It is a long hole under the ground that the animal makes by digging.
Groundhogs can dig long tunnels under the ground. In the coldest part of the winter, they hibernate in the tunnels.- synonyms:
- burrow
- similar words:
- cave, den, hollow
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| related words: |
hall, mine, passage |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
tunnels, tunneling, tunneled |
| definition: |
When a person or animal tunnels, they make a tunnel or tunnels.
A groundhog is tunneling in our yard.The prisoner tunneled for months until he could escape.- similar words:
- burrow, dig, mine
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| related words: |
mine |
| derivations: |
tunnellike (adj.), tunneler (n.) |
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