Found 4 items, similar to Tunnel.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: tunnel terowongan
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: tunnel terowongan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: tunnel 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Tunnel 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] 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] Tunnel \Tun"nel\, v. i. To make a tunnel; as, to tunnel under a river. [PJC]