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Definitions for: Tunnel
[n] a passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars); "the tunnel reduced congestion at that intersection"
[n] a hole in the ground made by an animal for shelter
[v] force a way through
[v] move through by or as by digging; "burrow through the forest"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
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.
Synonyms: burrow, burrow
See Also: catacomb, cut into, delve, dig, hole, hollow, passageway, penetrate, perforate, rabbit warren, railroad tunnel, subway, turn over, underpass, warren
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