What is another word for Tunneling?

Pronunciation: [tˈʌnəlɪŋ] (IPA)

Tunneling is the process of excavating or digging underground pathways. There are many synonyms that can be used for the word tunneling, such as burrowing, boring, mining, excavating, and digging. Burrowing is often used to describe the process of creating a tunnel for animal habitats, such as rabbits and moles. Boring is similar to tunneling but it is often used for drilling through rock or soil. Mining specifically refers to the process of extracting mineral or ore deposits. Excavating refers to the process of removing soil or rock to create a hole or channel, and digging is the basic process of removing or shifting soil or materials with a shovel or other tool.

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Usage examples for Tunneling

At the Dalles was a camp for the night of about five hundred Chinamen, being transferred by the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company from work higher up the river to some of the heavy rock-cutting and Tunneling between the Dalles and the Lower Cascades.
"Two Years in Oregon"
Wallis Nash
I was very glad, for there were never less than two inches of water when I worked there, and it was a horrible job, as all Tunneling is.
"The Escaping Club"
A. J. Evans
I know that when I first went to Ingolstadt they had some scheme on for Tunneling out of the inner court through the rampart so as to come out half-way up the bank above the moat on the south side.
"The Escaping Club"
A. J. Evans

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