tunnel
noun/ˈtʌnəl/
Frequency rank: #3,054 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
A passage built underground or through a hill for travel.
Example sentence
The train passed through the dark tunnel under the mountain.
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