Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English homepage

Date: 1400-1500
Language: Old French
Origin: tonel 'barrel', from tonne, from Medieval Latin tunna

tunnel

1 noun
     
Related topics: Transport
tun‧nel1 W3 [countable]
1TT a passage that has been dug under the ground for cars, trains etc to go through:
a railway tunnel
the Channel Tunnel (=between England and France)
2HBA a passage under the ground that animals have dug to live in
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

Dictionary pictures of the day
Do you know what each of these is called?
What is the word for picture 1? What is the word for picture 2? What is the word for picture 3? What is the word for picture 4?
Click on any of the pictures above to find out what it is called.

Explore our topic dictionary

Browse the dictionary