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tunnel
/ˈtʌnl/
noun
tunel
/ˈtunɛl/· rzeczownikDefinition
An artificial underground passage, especially one built through a hill or under a river or city.
Examples
The train went through a long tunnel.
Pociąg przejechał przez długi tunel.
They are digging a new tunnel under the city.
Kopią nowy tunel pod miastem.
Collocations
railway tunnelroad tunnelescape tunnel
verb
drążyć tunel
/ˈdrɔ̃ʐɨt͡ɕ ˈtunɛl/· czasownikAlso
kopać tunel
Definition
To make a tunnel through or under something.
Examples
The prisoners tried to tunnel their way out.
Więźniowie próbowali wydrążyć tunel, aby uciec.
Moles tunnel underground.
Krety drążą tunele pod ziemią.
Collocations
tunnel throughtunnel under
Word forms
tunneledpast simpletunnelspluraltunnelingpresent participle
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