tunneled

Meanings

• Verb

  To bore or dig through something, especially to create a tunnel.

  - "The miners tunneled through the mountain to reach the precious minerals."
  - "The city planned to tunnel under the river to build a new subway line."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with tunneled
rumbled , jumbled , mumbled

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Variants

List of all variants of tunneled that leads to same result
tunnel , tunneled , tunneler , tunnelers , tunneling , tunnelled , tunnelling , tunnels

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Etymology

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From Old English tunel, meaning 'a hollow way, tunnel'.

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Trivia

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1. The longest tunnel in the world is the Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland, which is over 57 kilometers long.

2. The term 'tunnel vision' refers to a narrow focus on a single goal or idea, ignoring other possibilities.

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Related Concepts

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1. Mining: The process of extracting valuable minerals or resources from the earth, often involving tunneling.

2. Civil Engineering: The design, construction, and maintenance of structures, including tunnels, roads, bridges, and buildings.

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Culture

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Tunneling has been used extensively in various fields such as mining, transportation, and civil engineering. It is a crucial process for building subways, roads, and tunnels under bodies of water.

How to Memorize "tunneled"

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   - Imagine a team of miners working together to tunnel through a mountain.
   - Visualize a subway train traveling through a long tunnel.

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   - Associate the word 'tunneled' with 'mining' or 'civil engineering'.
   - Think of a tunnel when you hear the word 'tunneled'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Tunnels Take Us Nearly Everywhere' to remember the meaning of 'tunneled'.
   - Create a sentence using the word 'tunneled' to help remember its meaning.

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