noun🔗ShareTunnel, passage souterrainAn underground or underwater passage."The construction workers built a tunnel under the road to avoid disrupting traffic. "Les ouvriers ont construit un tunnel sous la route pour éviter de perturber la circulation.architecturegeologyplacestructureessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTunnel, galerieA passage through or under some obstacle."The train traveled through a long tunnel under the mountain. "Le train a traversé un long tunnel sous la montagne.architectureessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTerrier, galerieA hole in the ground made by an animal, a burrow."The rabbit made a tunnel in the garden. "Le lapin a fait un terrier dans le jardin.animalenvironmentnatureessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareUn wrapper pour un protocole qui ne peut pas être utilisé autrement parce qu'il n'est pas pris en charge, bloqué ou non sécurisé.A wrapper for a protocol that cannot otherwise be used because it is unsupported, blocked, or insecure."The company used a tunnel to access the secure network, even though their regular internet connection was blocked. "L'entreprise a utilisé un tunnel pour accéder au réseau sécurisé, même si sa connexion Internet habituelle était bloquée.technologycomputinginternetcommunicationtechnicalsystemessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareEntonnoirA 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."The chef used a tunnel to pour the hot syrup into the dessert bowls. "Le chef a utilisé un entonnoir pour verser le sirop chaud dans les ramequins à dessert.utensilutilityessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCheminéeThe opening of a chimney for the passage of smoke; a flue."The house's chimney had a narrow tunnel, making it hard to get the smoke out properly. "La cheminée de la maison avait un conduit étroit, ce qui rendait difficile l'évacuation correcte de la fumée.architecturepartessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTunnelA 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."The miners dug a tunnel to reach the ore deposit hidden beneath the mountain. "Les mineurs ont creusé un tunnel pour atteindre le gisement de minerai caché sous la montagne.geologytechnicalarchitectureindustryessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareCreuser un tunnel, percerTo make a tunnel through or under something; to burrow."The workers are tunneling through the hill to create a new road. "Les ouvriers percent la colline pour créer une nouvelle route.actiongeologyarchitecturebuildingenvironmentessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareCreuser un tunnelTo dig a tunnel."The construction workers are tunneling through the hill to build a new road. "Les ouvriers du bâtiment creusent un tunnel à travers la colline pour construire une nouvelle route.geologyarchitecturebuildingactionessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareFaire passer par un tunnelTo transmit something through a tunnel (wrapper for insecure or unsupported protocol)."The old email system was unreliable; it tunneled the sensitive student data through an insecure protocol. "L'ancien système de messagerie était peu fiable ; il faisait passer les données sensibles des étudiants par un protocole non sécurisé.technologycomputinginternetcommunicationessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareInsérer un cathéterTo insert a catheter into a vein to allow long-term use."The doctor tunneled a catheter into the patient's vein for the long-term IV drip. "Le médecin a inséré un cathéter dans la veine du patient pour la perfusion intraveineuse à long terme.medicinetechnicalessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareEffet tunnelTo undergo the quantum-mechanical phenomenon where a particle penetrates through a barrier that it classically cannot surmount."The electron tunneled through the insulating layer, allowing the circuit to complete. "L'électron a subi l'effet tunnel à travers la couche isolante, permettant au circuit de se compléter.physicsscienceessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
