Tunnel
noun
A passageway dug or built through or under something, like a mountain or a building.
I took the train through the tunnel under the mountain.
Often appears as...
- road tunnel
- rail tunnel
noun
A method used to access or control something from a distance, such as another computer or network.
He established a secure tunnel to access the files on the remote server.
Often appears as...
- vpn tunnel
- ssh tunnel
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To make, dig, or force a passage through or under something.
The mole was tunnelling under the garden.
Often appears as...
- tunnel through
- tunnel under
noun
A way of escape or a light showing at the end of a problem or difficulty.
After months of study, I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Usage tips
Approving
Idiomatic
noun
A passageway dug or built through or under something, like a mountain or a building.
I took the train through the tunnel under the mountain.
Often appears as...
- road tunnel
- rail tunnel
noun
A method used to access or control something from a distance, such as another computer or network.
He established a secure tunnel to access the files on the remote server.
Often appears as...
- vpn tunnel
- ssh tunnel
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To make, dig, or force a passage through or under something.
The mole was tunnelling under the garden.
Often appears as...
- tunnel through
- tunnel under
noun
A way of escape or a light showing at the end of a problem or difficulty.
After months of study, I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Usage tips
Approving
Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Structures
Used to describe structures allowing transportation through obstacles.
The new tunnel connects two major cities.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
Sometimes 'tunnel' may represent a challenge or journey in life.
He's going through a dark tunnel, but he'll emerge stronger.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Underground
Tunnels can be above ground, like wildlife crossings over highways.
The wildlife tunnel helps animals cross safely.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Structures
Used to describe structures allowing transportation through obstacles.
The new tunnel connects two major cities.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
Sometimes 'tunnel' may represent a challenge or journey in life.
He's going through a dark tunnel, but he'll emerge stronger.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Underground
Tunnels can be above ground, like wildlife crossings over highways.
The wildlife tunnel helps animals cross safely.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Structures
Used to describe structures allowing transportation through obstacles.
The new tunnel connects two major cities.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
Sometimes 'tunnel' may represent a challenge or journey in life.
He's going through a dark tunnel, but he'll emerge stronger.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Underground
Tunnels can be above ground, like wildlife crossings over highways.
The wildlife tunnel helps animals cross safely.
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My glacier cave...
so we could tie off ropes and repel down into the hole. This is me looking into the entrance crevasse. At the end of this hole, we found a huge tunnel going right up the mountain underneath thousands of tons of glacier ice. We followed this cave back for about a half mile until it came to an end. And then with the help of our survey tools,
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Elon Musk: The future...
from the surface streets as well. So, I don't know if people noticed it in the video, but there's no real limit to how many levels of tunnel you can have. You can go much further deep than you can go up. The deepest mines are much deeper than the tallest buildings are tall,
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The science of...
To help you focus, norepinephrine creates a sort of tunnel vision, blocking out surrounding distractions, possibly even warping your sense of time, and enhancing your memory. This might explain why people never forget their first kiss. The idea of so much of our attraction
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How do nuclear power...
This mix must be isolated from the environment until it has all safely decayed. Many countries propose deep time storage in tunnels drilled far underground, but none have been built, and there's great uncertainty about their long-term security.
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How To Time Travel PIPE...
so wormhole is basically a thin tube of space that connects to very very distant parts of space so it's almost like a tunnel it's a little part of space you go in there and you pop out somewhere else in the universe on tunnel through
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Why are Ferrets So...
dr angela horner is the world's leading expert in ferret locomotion ferrets are really neat it's almost as though you have an animal in liquid form they have a really well adapted body design to move rapidly through a tunnel
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Underground Labyrinth Of...
tunnels and chambers over centuries they've shifted hundreds of tons of soil as the set has expanded and contracted in line with the family's fortunes most of the badges life is spent down here
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An old friend who never...
themselves and tunnels those held back yet cannot fight what will fuse these beings together take a world of wrong and make it right looking forwards one brilliant thing for many make them all
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Defending the ant nest...
The tunnel guards are in danger of being overrun. Deep in the bowels of the nest lives the termite queen. If she is killed, the entire colony will die out. She must be protected,
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Killer Ant Swarm...
their massive jaws create an impregnable barricade the soldiers create these protective tunnels whenever they cross open ground
Video examples
My glacier cave...
so we could tie off ropes and repel down into the hole. This is me looking into the entrance crevasse. At the end of this hole, we found a huge tunnel going right up the mountain underneath thousands of tons of glacier ice. We followed this cave back for about a half mile until it came to an end. And then with the help of our survey tools,
Video examples
Elon Musk: The future...
from the surface streets as well. So, I don't know if people noticed it in the video, but there's no real limit to how many levels of tunnel you can have. You can go much further deep than you can go up. The deepest mines are much deeper than the tallest buildings are tall,
Video examples
The science of...
To help you focus, norepinephrine creates a sort of tunnel vision, blocking out surrounding distractions, possibly even warping your sense of time, and enhancing your memory. This might explain why people never forget their first kiss. The idea of so much of our attraction
Video examples
How do nuclear power...
This mix must be isolated from the environment until it has all safely decayed. Many countries propose deep time storage in tunnels drilled far underground, but none have been built, and there's great uncertainty about their long-term security.
Video examples
How To Time Travel PIPE...
so wormhole is basically a thin tube of space that connects to very very distant parts of space so it's almost like a tunnel it's a little part of space you go in there and you pop out somewhere else in the universe on tunnel through
Video examples
Why are Ferrets So...
dr angela horner is the world's leading expert in ferret locomotion ferrets are really neat it's almost as though you have an animal in liquid form they have a really well adapted body design to move rapidly through a tunnel
Video examples
Underground Labyrinth Of...
tunnels and chambers over centuries they've shifted hundreds of tons of soil as the set has expanded and contracted in line with the family's fortunes most of the badges life is spent down here
Video examples
An old friend who never...
themselves and tunnels those held back yet cannot fight what will fuse these beings together take a world of wrong and make it right looking forwards one brilliant thing for many make them all
Video examples
Defending the ant nest...
The tunnel guards are in danger of being overrun. Deep in the bowels of the nest lives the termite queen. If she is killed, the entire colony will die out. She must be protected,
Video examples
Killer Ant Swarm...
their massive jaws create an impregnable barricade the soldiers create these protective tunnels whenever they cross open ground
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Quote examples
Katherine Waterston
British Actress
You kind of wake up in the morning, and you don't see anybody but these actors until you go home at night and pass out and do it again. So it's structured a lot like the process when you're making a film. You just kind of get in that tunnel vision. I like that. I like when the rest of the world kind of quiets.
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Christian Cage
Canadian Wrestler
I always said when I was wrestling that you have tunnel vision because it's all consuming. It's hard to focus on anything else other than what you're doing. When I stepped away from that, I wanted to have my hand in a lot of different pots.
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Tyler Perry
American Actor
I'm trying to conquer swimming. I'm getting there. I've gotta conquer it. I had a fear of drowning and tunnels and flying. I started flying and got my pilot's license, so I conquered that. Now, I'm onto swimming and tunnels.
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Robert M. Parker, Jr.
American Critic
When I put my nose in a glass, it's like tunnel vision. I move into another world, where everything around me is just gone, and every bit of mental energy is focused on that wine.
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William Hurt
American Actor
You cut off the capacity for grief in your life, and you cut off the joy at the same time. They both come up through the same tunnel. You don't have one without the other.
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Alex Zanardi
Italian Driver
As a race car driver, I don't think I will drive forever, because it is not so much a question of being competitive, but of seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.
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Kip Thorne
American Physicist
If you go down through the horizon of a black hole, at the center you don't find a tunnel that leads you to some other place in the universe.
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Victor Cruz
American Athlete
It was definitely some tough moments throughout my life, but I kind of stayed focused and came through the other end of the tunnel.
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Felix Dennis
British Publisher
People who get trapped in the tunnel vision of making money think that is all there is to life.
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Charles Barkley
American Baseball Player
Sometimes that light at the end of the tunnel is a train.
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Katherine Waterston
British Actress
You kind of wake up in the morning, and you don't see anybody but these actors until you go home at night and pass out and do it again. So it's structured a lot like the process when you're making a film. You just kind of get in that tunnel vision. I like that. I like when the rest of the world kind of quiets.
Quote examples
Christian Cage
Canadian Wrestler
I always said when I was wrestling that you have tunnel vision because it's all consuming. It's hard to focus on anything else other than what you're doing. When I stepped away from that, I wanted to have my hand in a lot of different pots.
Quote examples
Tyler Perry
American Actor
I'm trying to conquer swimming. I'm getting there. I've gotta conquer it. I had a fear of drowning and tunnels and flying. I started flying and got my pilot's license, so I conquered that. Now, I'm onto swimming and tunnels.
Quote examples
Robert M. Parker, Jr.
American Critic
When I put my nose in a glass, it's like tunnel vision. I move into another world, where everything around me is just gone, and every bit of mental energy is focused on that wine.
Quote examples
William Hurt
American Actor
You cut off the capacity for grief in your life, and you cut off the joy at the same time. They both come up through the same tunnel. You don't have one without the other.
Quote examples
Alex Zanardi
Italian Driver
As a race car driver, I don't think I will drive forever, because it is not so much a question of being competitive, but of seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.
Quote examples
Kip Thorne
American Physicist
If you go down through the horizon of a black hole, at the center you don't find a tunnel that leads you to some other place in the universe.
Quote examples
Victor Cruz
American Athlete
It was definitely some tough moments throughout my life, but I kind of stayed focused and came through the other end of the tunnel.
Quote examples
Felix Dennis
British Publisher
People who get trapped in the tunnel vision of making money think that is all there is to life.
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Charles Barkley
American Baseball Player
Sometimes that light at the end of the tunnel is a train.
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