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tunnels
We have found lemma(root) word of tunnels : tunnel.
Definitions
[ˈtʌnl], (Noun)
Definitions:
- an artificial underground passage, especially one built through a hill or under a building, road, or river
(e.g: a road tunnel through the Pyrenees)
- a long, half-cylindrical enclosure used to protect plants, made of clear plastic stretched over hoops
(e.g: cover plants in rows with a cloche tunnel)
Phrases:
Origin
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late Middle English (in the senses ‘tunnel-shaped net’ and ‘flue of a chimney’): from Old French tonel, diminutive of tonne ‘cask’. tunnel dates from the mid 18th century
[ˈtʌnl], (Verb)
Definitions:
- dig or force a passage underground or through something
(e.g: he tunnelled under the fence)
- (of a particle) pass through a potential barrier
Phrases:
Origin
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late Middle English (in the senses ‘tunnel-shaped net’ and ‘flue of a chimney’): from Old French tonel, diminutive of tonne ‘cask’. tunnel dates from the mid 18th century
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