Tunnel

Meaning

Noun

●

In Transport:

An

or

passage.

●

In Transport:

A

through or under some obstacle.

●

A

made by an

, a burrow.

●

In Computing & Networking:

A

for a

that cannot otherwise be used because it is

,

, or insecure.

●

A

with a

end, a

or

at the other, for

,

, etc; into

,

, or other

s; a funnel.

●

The

of a

for the

of

; a flue.

●

In Mining & Transport:

A level

across the

, or

at right angles to

s which it is

to

;

from the

, or

, which is

along the

when

by the tunnel.

●

Anything that

a tunnel.

Verb

●

To make a

through or under something; to burrow.

●

To

a tunnel.

●

In Computing & Networking:

To

something through a

(wrapper for

or

protocol).

●

In Medicine:

To

a

into a

to

use.

●

In Physics:

To

the

quantum-mechanical

where a

through a

that it

cannot surmount.

Sourced from

Origin

tunnel

English

tonnelle

Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)

Sourced from

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