tunnel

B2
Pronunciation
/ˈtʌn(ə)l/
Noun
7 definition(s)
1 Definition

An underground or underwater passage.

2 Definition

A passage through or under some obstacle.

3 Definition

A hole in the ground made by an animal, a burrow.

4 Definition

A wrapper for a protocol that cannot otherwise be used because it is unsupported, blocked, or insecure.

5 Definition

A vessel with a broad mouth at one end, a pipe or tube at the other, for conveying liquor, fluids, etc., into casks, bottles, or other vessels; a funnel.

6 Definition

The opening of a chimney for the passage of smoke; a flue.

7 Definition

A level passage driven across the measures, or at right angles to veins which it is desired to reach; distinguished from the drift, or gangway, which is led along the vein when reached by the tunnel.

Verb
5 definition(s)
1 Definition

To make a tunnel through or under something; to burrow.

2 Definition

To dig a tunnel.

3 Definition

To transmit something through a tunnel (wrapper for insecure or unsupported protocol).

4 Definition

To insert a catheter into a vein to allow long-term use.

5 Definition

To undergo the quantum-mechanical phenomenon where a particle penetrates through a barrier that it classically cannot surmount.