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tunneling.

The act of burrowing a tunnel.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. The act of burrowing a tunnel.

    countable · uncountable
  2. The practice of exploring tunnel.

    countable · uncountable
  3. The quantum mechanical passing of a particle through an energy barrier.

    countable · uncountable
  4. A type of fraud where assets and profits are transferred out of firms for the benefit of those who control them.

    countable · uncountable
  5. A feature of the file system that allows files to preserve certain properties, such as creation date, even after being deleted and recreated.

    countable · uncountable
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of tunnel

    form-of · gerund · participle · present
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.