tunnel

Definitions

1. 1noun

   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. 2noun

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

3. 3noun

   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. 4noun

   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.

5. 5transitive verb

   To form into a tunnel, or funnel, or to form like a tunnel; as, to tunnel fibrous plants into nests.

6. 6transitive verb

   To catch in a tunnel net.

7. 7transitive verb

   To make an opening, or a passageway, through or under; as, to tunnel a mountain; to tunnel a river.

8. 8noun

   a passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars)

   "the tunnel reduced congestion at that intersection"

9. 9noun

   a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter

   Synonyms

   burrow
10. 10verb

    force a way through

11. 11verb

    move through by or as by digging

    "burrow through the forest"

    Synonyms

    burrow