Tunnel

  • 61Tunnel — Tun|nel der; s, Plur. u. s <aus gleichbed. engl. tunnel, dies aus altfr. ton(n)el (fr. tonnelle) »Tonnengewölbe« zu tonne, vgl. ↑Tonnage>: a) röhrenförmiges unterirdisches Bauwerk, bes. als Verkehrsweg durch einen Berg, unter einem Gewässer …

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  • 62tunnel — tun·nel || tÊŒnl n. hollow underground passage; protected conveyance conduit through a mountain or under a body of water v. dig a tubular passage, create a tunnel …

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  • 63Tunnel 28 — Escape from East Berlin    Drame de Robert Siodmak, avec Don Murray, Christine Kaufmann, Werner Klemperer.   Pays: R.F.A. et États Unis   Date de sortie: 1962   Technique: noir et blanc   Durée: 1 h 34    Résumé    Les membres d une famille… …

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  • 64tunnel — n.m. Long monologue (spect.). / Être dans le tunnel, être dans une mauvaise passe …

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  • 65tunnel n — carpal tunnel syndrome …

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  • 66tunnel — noun 1》 an artificial underground passage, as built through a hill or under a building or by a burrowing animal. 2》 a polytunnel. verb (tunnels, tunnelling, tunnelled; US tunnels, tunneling, tunneled) 1》 dig or force a passage underground or… …

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  • 67tunnel — 1 noun (C) 1 a passage that has been dug under the ground for cars, trains etc to go through 2 a passage under the ground that animals have dug to live in 2 verb tunnelled, tunnelling BrE tunneled, tunneling AmE (intransitive always + adv/prep… …

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  • 68tunnel — 1. noun a tunnel under the hills Syn: underground passage, underpass, subway; shaft; burrow, hole; historical mine 2. verb he tunneled under the fence Syn: dig, burrow, mine, bore, drill …

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  • 69tunnel — n 1. underground, underground passageway, subterranean passage, Mil. mine; underpass, Chiefly Brit. subway, C.B. Radio. hole in the wall. 2.(all of mines) gallery, corridor, Mining. drift, Mining. crosscut. 3.(both of animals) burrow, hole. v… …

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  • 70tunnel — n. (in anatomy) a canal or hollow groove. See also: carpal tunnel …

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