Definizione monolingua

tunnel

tunnel (third-person singular simple present tunnels, present participle tunnelling or in American usage tunneling, simple past and past participle tunnelled or in American usage tunneled)

1. (transitive) To make a tunnel through or under something, to burrow.
2. (intransitive) To make a tunnel.

tunnel (plural tunnels)

1. An underground or underwater passage.
2. A passage through or under some obstacle.
   • 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit

     But very soon he grew to like it, for the Boy used to talk to him, and made nice tunnels for him under the bedclothes that he said were like the burrows the real rabbits lived in.

3. A hole in the ground made by an animal, a burrow.

Definizione dizionario tunnel

	tunnel
	A underground passageway, especially one for trains or cars that passes under a mountain, river or a congested urban area.
	To encapsulate or wrap a packet or a message from one protocol in the packet for another. The wrapped packet is then transmitted over a network via the protocol of the wrapper. This method of packet transmission is used to avoid protocol restrictions.

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	effettuare il tunneling
	To encapsulate or wrap a packet or a message from one protocol in the packet for another. The wrapped packet is then transmitted over a network via the protocol of the wrapper. This method of packet transmission is used to avoid protocol restrictions.

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Altri significati:

(mine) level

(intransitive) To make a tunnel.

A passage through or under some obstacle.

(transitive) To make a tunnel through or under something, to burrow.

An underground or underwater passage.

A hole in the ground made by an animal, a burrow.