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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Adit \Ad"it\, n. [L. aditus, fr. adire, ?aitum, to go to; ad +
     ire to go.]
     1. An entrance or passage. Specifically: The nearly
        horizontal opening by which a mine is entered, or by which
        water and ores are carried away; -- called also drift
        and tunnel.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Admission; approach; access. [R.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Yourself and yours shall have
              Free adit.                            --Tennyson.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Tunnel \Tun"nel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tunneledor Tunnelled;
     p. pr. & vb. n. Tunneling or Tunnelling.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. To form into a tunnel, or funnel, or to form like a
        tunnel; as, to tunnel fibrous plants into nests. --Derham.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To catch in a tunnel net.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To make an opening, or a passageway, through or under; as,
        to tunnel a mountain; to tunnel a river.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Tunnel \Tun"nel\, n. [F. tonnelle a semicircular, wagon-headed
     vault, a tunnel net, an arbor, OF. also tonnel; dim. of tonne
     a tun; -- so named from its resemblance to a tun in shape.
     See Ton.]
     1. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The opening of a chimney for the passage of smoke; a flue;
        a funnel.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              And one great chimney, whose long tunnel thence
              The smoke forth threw.                --Spenser.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. An artificial passage or archway for conducting canals or
        railroads under elevated ground, for the formation of
        roads under rivers or canals, and the construction of
        sewers, drains, and the like.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. (Mining) 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Tunnel head (Metal.), the top of a smelting furnace where
        the materials are put in.
  
     Tunnel kiln, a limekiln in which coal is burned, as
        distinguished from a flame kiln, in which wood or peat is
        used.
  
     Tunnel net, a net with a wide mouth at one end and narrow
        at the other.
  
     Tunnel pit, Tunnel shaft, a pit or shaft sunk from the
        top of the ground to the level of a tunnel, for drawing up
        the earth and stones, for ventilation, lighting, and the
        like.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Tunnel \Tun"nel\, v. i.
     To make a tunnel; as, to tunnel under a river.
     [PJC]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Adit \Ad"it\, n. [L. aditus, fr. adire, ?aitum, to go to; ad +
     ire to go.]
     1. An entrance or passage. Specifically: The nearly
        horizontal opening by which a mine is entered, or by which
        water and ores are carried away; -- called also drift
        and tunnel.
  
     2. Admission; approach; access. [R.]
  
              Yourself and yours shall have Free adit. --Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Tunnel \Tun"nel\, n. . [F. tonnelle a semicircular, wagon-headed
     vault, a tunnel net, an arbor, OF. also tonnel; dim. of tonne
     a tun; -- so named from its resemblance to a tun in shape.
     See Ton.]
     1. 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.
  
     2. The opening of a chimney for the passage of smoke; a flue;
        a funnel.
  
              And one great chimney, whose long tunnel thence The
              smoke forth threw.                    --Spenser.
  
     3. An artificial passage or archway for conducting canals or
        railroads under elevated ground, for the formation of
        roads under rivers or canals, and the construction of
        sewers, drains, and the like.
  
     4. (Mining) 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.
  
     Tunnel head (Metal.), the top of a smelting furnace where
        the materials are put in.
  
     Tunnel kiln, a limekiln in which coal is burned, as
        distinguished from a flame kiln, in which wood or peat is
        used.
  
     Tunnel net, a net with a wide mouth at one end and narrow
        at the other.
  
     Tunnel pit, Tunnel shaft, a pit or shaft sunk from the
        top of the ground to the level of a tunnel, for drawing up
        the earth and stones, for ventilation, lighting, and the
        like.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Tunnel \Tun"nel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tunneledor Tunnelled;
     p. pr. & vb. n. Tunneling or Tunnelling.]
     1. To form into a tunnel, or funnel, or to form like a
        tunnel; as, to tunnel fibrous plants into nests. --Derham.
  
     2. To catch in a tunnel net.
  
     3. To make an opening, or a passageway, through or under; as,
        to tunnel a mountain; to tunnel a river.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  tunnel
       n 1: a passageway through or under something, usually underground
            (especially one for trains or cars); "the tunnel reduced
            congestion at that intersection"
       2: a hole in the ground made by an animal for shelter [syn: burrow]
       v 1: move through by or as by digging; "burrow through the
            forest" [syn: burrow]
       2: force a way through
       [also: tunnelling, tunnelled]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  tunnel
     Γαλλικά n.
     το τούνελ, η σήραγγα

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  tunnel
     Dutch n.
     (l en tunnel)
     French n.
     (l en tunnel)
     n.
     1 An underground or underwater passage.
     2 A passage through or under some obstacle.
     3 A hole in the ground made by an animal, a burrow.
     4 (lb en computing networking) A wrapper for a protocol that cannot
  otherwise be used because it is unsupported, blocked, or insecure.
     5 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 The opening of a chimney for the passage of smoke; a flue.
     7 (lb en mining) 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.
     8 (lb en figurative) Anything that resembles a tunnel.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To make a tunnel through or under something; to
  burrow.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To dig a tunnel.
     3 (lb en computing networking) To transmit something through a tunnel
  (wrapper for insecure or unsupported protocol).
     4 (lb en transitive medicine) To insert a catheter into a vein to
  allow long-term use.
     5 (lb en physics) To undergo the quantum-mechanical phenomenon where
  a particle penetrates through a barrier that it classically cannot
  surmount.
     Norwegian Nynorsk n.
     1 a (l en tunnel)
     2 (lb nn soccer) nutmeg

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Tunnel
     German n.
     1 m tunnel
     2 m (lb de ball games) nutmeg (gloss: act of playing the ball through
  an opponent's legs)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  tunnel
     n.
     1 An underground or underwater passage.
     2 A passage through or under some obstacle.
     3 A hole in the ground made by an animal, a burrow.
     4 (lb en computing networking) A wrapper for a protocol that cannot
  otherwise be used because it is unsupported, blocked, or insecure.
     5 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 The opening of a chimney for the passage of smoke; a flue.
     7 (lb en mining) 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.
     8 (lb en figurative) Anything that resembles a tunnel.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To make a tunnel through or under something; to
  burrow.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To dig a tunnel.
     3 (lb en computing networking) To transmit something through a tunnel
  (wrapper for insecure or unsupported protocol).
     4 (lb en transitive medicine) To insert a catheter into a vein to
  allow long-term use.
     5 (lb en physics) To undergo the quantum-mechanical phenomenon where
  a particle penetrates through a barrier that it classically cannot
  surmount.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  tunnel
     Dutch n.
     (l en tunnel)
     French n.
     (l en tunnel)
     n.
     1 An underground or underwater passage.
     2 A passage through or under some obstacle.
     3 A hole in the ground made by an animal, a burrow.
     4 (lb en computing networking) A wrapper for a protocol that cannot
  otherwise be used because it is unsupported, blocked, or insecure.
     5 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 The opening of a chimney for the passage of smoke; a flue.
     7 (lb en mining) 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.
     8 (lb en figurative) Anything that resembles a tunnel.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To make a tunnel through or under something; to
  burrow.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To dig a tunnel.
     3 (lb en computing networking) To transmit something through a tunnel
  (wrapper for insecure or unsupported protocol).
     4 (lb en transitive medicine) To insert a catheter into a vein to
  allow long-term use.
     5 (lb en physics) To undergo the quantum-mechanical phenomenon where
  a particle penetrates through a barrier that it classically cannot
  surmount.
     Norwegian Nynorsk n.
     1 a (l en tunnel)
     2 (lb nn soccer) nutmeg

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Tunnel
     German n.
     1 m tunnel
     2 m (lb de ball games) nutmeg (gloss: act of playing the ball through
  an opponent's legs)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  tunnel
     Dutch n.
     (l en tunnel)
     French n.
     (l en tunnel)
     n.
     1 An underground or underwater passage.
     2 A passage through or under some obstacle.
     3 A hole in the ground made by an animal, a burrow.
     4 (lb en computing networking) A wrapper for a protocol that cannot
  otherwise be used because it is unsupported, blocked, or insecure.
     5 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 The opening of a chimney for the passage of smoke; a flue.
     7 (lb en mining) 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.
     8 (lb en figurative) Anything that resembles a tunnel.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To make a tunnel through or under something; to
  burrow.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To dig a tunnel.
     3 (lb en computing networking) To transmit something through a tunnel
  (wrapper for insecure or unsupported protocol).
     4 (lb en transitive medicine) To insert a catheter into a vein to
  allow long-term use.
     5 (lb en physics) To undergo the quantum-mechanical phenomenon where
  a particle penetrates through a barrier that it classically cannot
  surmount.
     Norwegian Nynorsk n.
     1 a (l en tunnel)
     2 (lb nn soccer) nutmeg

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Tunnel
     German n.
     1 m tunnel
     2 m (lb de ball games) nutmeg (gloss: act of playing the ball through
  an opponent's legs)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  tunnel
     Hollanti n.
     tunneli
     Italia n.
     tunneli
     Ruotsi n.
     tunneli

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Tunnel
     Saksa n.
     tunneli

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  tunnel
     Franska n.
     #Svenska; passage under jord eller genom berg
     n.
     1 (tagg: väg- och vattenbyggnad) underjordisk, genom ett berg eller
  under en bro gående passage eller väg
     2 hålrum i marken gjort av djur
     3 (tagg: sport) det när en boll drivs eller passas mellan benen på en
  motståndare
     4 (tagg: data) metod att använda ett protokoll som annars inte kan
  användas eftersom det blockeras, är osäkert eller inte stöds

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Tunnel
     Tyska n.
     tunnel

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]


  tunnel
     n.
     1 (tagg: väg- och vattenbyggnad) underjordisk, genom ett berg eller
  under en bro gående passage eller väg
     2 hålrum i marken gjort av djur
     3 (tagg: sport) det när en boll drivs eller passas mellan benen på en
  motståndare
     4 (tagg: data) metod att använda ett protokoll som annars inte kan
  användas eftersom det blockeras, är osäkert eller inte stöds

From Deutsch-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2020.10.04 : [ freedict:deu-bul ]


  Tunnel /tʊˈnɛl/ /ˈtʊnl̩/ 
  тунел
  längere Unterführung, Durchbruch durch Bergmassive oder unter bebauten Flächen oder Gewässern für Verkehrswege

From Deutsch-ελληνικά FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-ell ]


  Tunnel /tʊˈnɛl/ /ˈtʊnl̩/ 
  σήραγγα
  längere Unterführung, Durchbruch durch Bergmassive oder unter bebauten Flächen oder Gewässern für Verkehrswege