<span class="searchmatch">cross</span>-<span class="searchmatch">tunnels</span> plural of <span class="searchmatch">cross</span>-<span class="searchmatch">tunnel</span>...
From <span class="searchmatch">cross</span>- + <span class="searchmatch">tunnel</span>. <span class="searchmatch">cross</span>-<span class="searchmatch">tunnel</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">cross</span>-<span class="searchmatch">tunnels</span>) A <span class="searchmatch">tunnel</span> linking two parallel main <span class="searchmatch">tunnels</span>. 2021 July 14, Paul Stephen, “A portal into the future”...
See also: <span class="searchmatch">cross</span>, <span class="searchmatch">Cross</span>, and crôs From Middle English cros-, crosse- (“relating to a <span class="searchmatch">cross</span>, forming a <span class="searchmatch">cross</span>, in the shape of a <span class="searchmatch">cross</span> or x”), from the noun...
From <span class="searchmatch">cross</span>- + passage. <span class="searchmatch">cross</span>-passage (plural <span class="searchmatch">cross</span>-passages) An underground passage between two parallel <span class="searchmatch">tunnels</span>, provided for use in the event of an...
only for Christmas and Bank Holidays. TBM <span class="searchmatch">tunneling</span> machine (<span class="searchmatch">tunnelling</span>) shield a large machine used to excavate <span class="searchmatch">tunnels</span> with a circular <span class="searchmatch">cross</span> section...
at tun. IPA(key): /ˈtʌn(ə)l/ Rhymes: -ʌnəl Hyphenation: tun‧nel <span class="searchmatch">tunnel</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">tunnels</span>) An underground or underwater passage. 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground...
See also: <span class="searchmatch">cross</span> country <span class="searchmatch">cross</span> country, crosscountry From <span class="searchmatch">cross</span>- + country. <span class="searchmatch">cross</span>-country (not comparable) From one side of a country to the other. 1940...
ductings are extendable tubes made of synthetic or steel sheets (Fig. 2.1). Their <span class="searchmatch">cross</span> section amounts to ca 1/60 to 1/30 of the <span class="searchmatch">tunnel</span> <span class="searchmatch">cross</span> section....
cross-passages between the two running <span class="searchmatch">tunnels</span> are for use in emergencies. Unlike the main <span class="searchmatch">tunnels</span> being excavated by <span class="searchmatch">Tunnel</span> Boring Machines (TBMs) Florence...
(plural tunnelboormachines) (engineering) <span class="searchmatch">tunnel</span> boring machine (a large machine used to excavate <span class="searchmatch">tunnels</span> with a circular <span class="searchmatch">cross</span> section) TBM (abbreviation)...