Tunnel
noun
- 1.
- (an underground passageway, any tunnellike passage) ផ្លូវរូងក្នុងដី, ផ្លូវវង្វេង
- 2.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) រូងក្នុងដី (ឆ្លងកាត់ភ្នំសម្រាប់ធ្វើផ្លូវ), ផ្លូវទឹកក្រោមដី (ពីអង់គេ្លសទៅប្រទេសបារាំង)
verb — past tense: tunneled ; past participle: tunneled ; present participle: tunneling ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) (To make a tunnel) ជីករូងផ្លូវ
Example: Moles have tunneled under our house, tunnel warfare.
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- A vessel with a broad mouth at one end, a pipe or tube at the other, for conveying liquor, fluids, etc., into casks, bottles, or other vessels; a funnel.
- 2.
- The opening of a chimney for the passage of smoke; a flue; a funnel.
- 3.
- An artificial passage or archway for conducting canals or railroads under elevated ground, for the formation of roads under rivers or canals, and the construction of sewers, drains, and the like.
- 4.
- A level passage driven across the measures, or at right angles to veins which it is desired to reach; -- distinguished from the drift, or gangway, which is led along the vein when reached by the tunnel.
verb — past tense: tunneled ; past participle: tunneled ; present participle: tunneling ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To form into a tunnel, or funnel, or to form like a tunnel; as, to tunnel fibrous plants into nests.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To catch in a tunnel net.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To make an opening, or a passageway, through or under; as, to tunnel a mountain; to tunnel a river.