Tunnel-shaped

  • 1tunnel-shaped — a. (Bot.) Infundibular, infundibuliform …

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  • 2tunnel — ► NOUN ▪ an artificial underground passage, built through a hill or under a building or by a burrowing animal. ► VERB (tunnelled, tunnelling; US tunneled, tunneling) ▪ dig or force a passage underground or through something. DERIVATIVES tunneller …

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  • 3tunnel — noun 1》 an artificial underground passage, as built through a hill or under a building or by a burrowing animal. 2》 a polytunnel. verb (tunnels, tunnelling, tunnelled; US tunnels, tunneling, tunneled) 1》 dig or force a passage underground or… …

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  • 4Shaped charge — Sectioned high explosive anti tank round with the inner shaped charge visible …

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  • 5Tunnel — This article is about underground passages. For other uses, see Tunnel (disambiguation). Underground tunnel for heatpipes between Rigshospitalet and Amagerværket in Denmark …

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  • 6Tunnel boring machine — A tunnel boring machine that was used at Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository A tunnel boring machine (TBM) also known as a mole , is a machine used to excavate tunnels with a circular cross section through a variety of soil and rock strata.… …

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  • 7Tunnel valley — A tunnel valley is a deep but narrow valley with a U shaped cross section and frequently a U shaped plan which is usually found filled with glacial till. It is formed when the edge of an ice sheet advances up a slope. Its length may be… …

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  • 8Tunnel fins — The Tunnel fin is used on surfboards especially heavy longboards and longboard guns. The weight and length of these boards make it easier to control the fore and aft angle of the tunnel. As the name suggests it is shaped like a tunnel. Tunnel… …

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  • 9tunnel — tunneler; esp. Brit., tunneller, n. tunnellike, adj. /tun l/, n., v., tunneled, tunneling or (esp. Brit.) tunnelled, tunnelling. n. 1. an underground passage. 2. a passageway, as for trains or automobiles, through or under an obstruction, as a… …

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  • 10tunnel — {{11}}tunnel (n.) mid 15c., funnel shaped net for catching birds, from M.Fr. tonnelle net, or tonel cask, dim. of O.Fr. tonne tun, cask for liquids, possibly from the same source as O.E. tunne (see TUN (Cf. tun)). Sense of tube, pipe (1540s)… …

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