Definition for Tunnel:

• An artificial passage or archway for conducting canals, roads, or railroads under elevated ground, for the formation of roads under rivers or canals, and the construction of sewers, drains, and the like.

Synonyms for Tunnel:

• n.

  •
  • earth,
  • nest,
  • rabbit warren,
  • den,
  • habitat,
  • lair,
  • molehill,
  • lodge,
  • bedding.
  •
  • chicane,
  • corner,
  • central reservation,
  • connection,
  • cloverleaf,
  • bicycle lane,
  • bike lane,
  • camber,
  • bend,
  • carpool lane.
  •
  • bore,
  • scoop.
  •artifact (noun)
  • tunnel.
  •channel (noun)
  • tideways.
  •covered passageway (noun)
  • mine,
  • crawl space,
  • crosscut,
  • crawlway,
  • subway,
  • hole in the wall,
  • pit.
  •hole (noun)
  • underground passage.
  •passage/passageway (noun)
  • sub way,
  • entrance halls,
  • sub-way.
  •shaft (noun)
  • flagpole,
  • pole,
  • stalk,
  • elevator shaft,
  • post,
  • stick,
  • mine shaft,
  • bar,
  • rod,
  • stem,
  • staff.
  •tube (noun)
  • cannulae.

• v.

  •bore (verb)
  • gouging out.
  •burrow (verb)
  • hollowed out,
  • scooped out,
  • hollows out,
  • scoops out,
  • scooping out,
  • hollowing out.
  •dig (verb)
  • digs down,
  • un covering,
  • un cover,
  • ex hume,
  • de-presses,
  • un earth,
  • forking out,
  • de press,
  • pro bed,
  • dis-cover,
  • de-press,
  • de pressed,
  • roots out,
  • un covered,
  • dis-covering,
  • forks out,
  • de-pressed,
  • rooted out,
  • dis cover,
  • un-covers,
  • de presses,
  • un-covering,
  • pro duces,
  • pro-duces,
  • digging down,
  • dug down,
  • ex-hume,
  • un-cover,
  • digged down,
  • un covers,
  • dis-covers,
  • de pressing,
  • de-pressing,
  • go in to,
  • dis covered,
  • dis covering,
  • dis covers,
  • un-earthed,
  • un earths,
  • un-earthing,
  • un earthed,
  • pro-bed,
  • un-earth,
  • un earthing,
  • un-earths,
  • dis-covered,
  • pro duce.
  •dig a passage through (verb)
  • sap.
  •excavate (verb)
  • ex cavate,
  • ex-cavate.
  •undercut (verb)
  • under cut,
  • under-cut,
  • under cutting,
  • under-cutting,
  • under-cuts,
  • under cuts.
  •undermine (verb)
  • clips one wings,
  • clipped one's wings,
  • knocks bottom out of,
  • clipped ones wings,
  • clipping wings,
  • ate away,
  • knocks the bottom out of,
  • clips wings,
  • clipping ones wings,
  • poke full holes,
  • under mining,
  • clips ones wings,
  • dug out,
  • knocking the bottom out of,
  • under-mined,
  • under mined,
  • clipped wings,
  • poked full holes,
  • poking full of holes,
  • pokes full holes,
  • whittling away,
  • whittled away,
  • clips one's wings,
  • poking full holes,
  • knocking bottom out of,
  • knocked the bottom out of,
  • poked full of holes,
  • digging out,
  • clipped one wings,
  • digged out,
  • clipping one wings,
  • pokes full of holes,
  • clip ones wings,
  • digs out,
  • knocked bottom out of,
  • clipping one's wings,
  • under-mining,
  • clip one wings,
  • whittles away.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • tube,
  • grub up,
  • dig over.
  •
  • burial,
  • excavator,
  • dig up,
  • undermine.
  •
  • dig into,
  • bulldoze,
  • dredge.
  •
  • drift.
  •
  • dig in,
  • fork.
  •bore
  • Reamed,
  • gouge out,
  • punctured,
  • gouged out,
  • Sank,
  • gouges out,
  • Reaming.
  •bridge
  • underpass.
  •burrow
  • scoop out,
  • hollow out.

Paraphrases for Tunnel:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    Tunneling.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Tunneling.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Tunnelling, Tunneling.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    underpass.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    underpass.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    cross-harbour.
  • Proper noun, singular
    crossing.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    passageway, crossing, tube.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Producing.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    Burrows.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    Tunneled.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    gallery.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    crossing.

Antonyms for Tunnel:

• v.

  • dig a passage through
    strengthen.

Tunnel Sentence Examples:

• Clear them away, and you will find the entrance to the tunnel.

• I could not devise any way of escape for you -" " There is a tunnel from Ferou's house to the Rue de la Soierie.

Homophones for Tunnel:

• tunnell.

Hypernym for Tunnel:

• n.

  • artifact
    catacomb, subway, railroad tunnel, underpass.

Hyponym for Tunnel:

• n.

  • artifact
    passageway.

• v.

  • contact
    penetrate, perforate.

Meronym for Tunnel:

• n.

  • artifact
    shaft.