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noun ADJ. long, short | narrow, wide | dark | subterranean, underground | connecting, entrance, escape, service | rail, railway, road | wind a wind tunnel for aerodynamic experiments VERB + TUNNEL go through, use | disappear into, enter, go into The train disappeared into a tunnel. | come out of | bore, build, construct, dig, excavate They've built a new tunnel through the mountain. The initial section of tunnel had to be dug by hand. TUNNEL + VERB run A service tunnel runs between the two buildings. TUNNEL + NOUN mouth, roof, wall PREP. through a/the ~ PHRASES a labyrinth/maze/network/system of tunnels The badger sett had twelve entrances to what must have been a labyrinth of tunnels.
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tunnel
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + tunnel
a two-mile/1500-foot-long etc tunnel
• A 250-metre-long tunnel provides access to all parts of the development.
a dark tunnel
• He peered uneasily down the dark tunnel at the end of the platform.
a narrow tunnel
• She ran down the narrow tunnel leading to the exit.
an underground tunnel
• The prisoners escaped through an underground tunnel.
a rail/railway tunnel
• the 15km long Gotthard railway tunnel
a road tunnel
• a road tunnel through the mountains
the Channel Tunnel
(= the tunnel under the sea between England and France )
• They went by train via the Channel Tunnel.
phrases
the roof of a tunnel
• The roof of the tunnel was a foot above his head.
the entrance to a tunnel/tunnel entrance
• To the right was the entrance to a second tunnel.
verbs
dig a tunnel
• Burglars had dug a tunnel under the building in an attempted raid.
build a tunnel
• The contractors will start building the tunnel next month.
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