word | tunnel |
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definition | noun A tunnel is a long passage which has been made under the ground, usually through a hill or under the sea. ...two new railway tunnels through the Alps. ...the motorway tunnels under the Hudson river. verb To tunnel somewhere means to make a tunnel there. The rebels tunnelled out of a maximum security jail. The caterpillars tunnel into the fruit to grow and mature. |
inflections | tunnelstunnellingtunnelled |
cefr-level | B2 |
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