tunnel
An underground or underwater passage.
Noun 4 meanings
An underground or underwater passage.
A passage through or under some obstacle.
A hole in the ground made by an animal, a burrow.
A wrapper for a protocol that cannot otherwise be used because it is unsupported, blocked, or insecure.
Verb 4 meanings
To make a tunnel through or under something; to burrow.
To dig a tunnel.
To transmit something through a tunnel (wrapper for an insecure or unsupported protocol).
To insert a catheter into a vein to allow long-term use.
Etymology
From Middle English tonnel, from Old French tonel(e), diminutive of tone (“cask”), a word of uncertain origin and affiliation. Related to Old English tunne (“tun; cask; barrel”). More at tun.
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TUNNEL at a glance
TUNNEL has 6 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (T 1 + U 1 + N 1 + N 1 + E 1 + L 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,721 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with tunnel
All rhymes- CHANNEL12
- PERSONNEL11
- PANEL7
- COLONEL9
- LIONEL6
- KERNEL10
- FUNNEL9
- SENTINEL8
- FLANNEL10
- KENNEL10
- SHRAPNEL13
- FENNEL9
One letter away
- FUNNEL9
- GUNNEL7
- RUNNEL6
- TUNNED7
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