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{
"term": "tunnel",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a passage built underground, for example to allow a road or railway to go through a hill, under a river, etc.",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a railway/railroad tunnel"
},
{
"text": "the Channel Tunnel"
},
{
"text": "the tunnel entrance/walls/ceiling"
},
{
"text": "They have been digging underground tunnels in the mountains since the 1960s."
},
{
"text": "A gust of wind passed through the tunnel."
},
{
"text": "A service tunnel runs between the two buildings."
},
{
"text": "The initial section of tunnel had to be dug by hand."
},
{
"text": "The train disappeared into a tunnel."
},
{
"text": "They've built a new tunnel through the mountain."
},
{
"text": "We got lost in the maze of tunnels."
}
],
"topics": ["Transport by bus and train", "Transport by car or lorry"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["long", "short", "narrow"],
"verb + tunnel": ["go through", "use", "disappear into"],
"tunnel + verb": ["run", "lead", "connect"],
"tunnel + noun": ["entrance", "floor", "mouth"],
"preposition": ["through a/the tunnel"],
"phrases": [
"a labyrinth of tunnels",
"a maze of tunnels",
"a network of tunnels"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "an underground passage made by an animal or natural processes",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The badger sett had twelve entrances to what must have been a labyrinth of tunnels."
},
{
"text": "The tunnel opened out into a large cavern."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["long", "short", "narrow"],
"verb + tunnel": ["go through", "use", "disappear into"],
"tunnel + verb": ["run", "lead", "connect"],
"tunnel + noun": ["entrance", "floor", "mouth"],
"preposition": ["through a/the tunnel"],
"phrases": [
"a labyrinth of tunnels",
"a maze of tunnels",
"a network of tunnels"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "something that shows you are nearly at the end of a long and difficult time or situation",
"examples": [
{
"text": "For the first time since the start of his treatment, we can now see light at the end of the tunnel."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtʌnl/",
"audio": "tu/tunnel/tunnel__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtʌnl/",
"audio": "tu/tunnel/tunnel__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the senses ‘tunnel-shaped net’ and ‘flue of a chimney’): from Old French tonel, diminutive of tonne ‘cask’. The current noun senses date from the mid 18th cent."
}