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   Tun·nel

   /ˈtən(ə)l/

   

   noun

   • 1. an artificial underground passage, especially one built through a hill or under a building, road, or river.
   • ▪ an underground passage dug by a burrowing animal.
   • ▪ a passage in a sports stadium by which players enter or leave the field.

   verb

   • 1. dig or force a passage underground or through something: "he tunneled under the fence"
   • 2. (of a particle) pass through a potential barrier.

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the senses ‘tunnel-shaped net’ and ‘flue of a chimney’): from Old French tonel, diminutive of tonne ‘cask’. tunnel (sense 1 of the noun) dates from the mid 18th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. tunneler noun

   Scrabble Points: 6

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