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cross-tunnels

cross-tunnels is the plural of cross-tunnel.

Meaning of cross-tunnel

Noun

cross-tunnel (plural cross-tunnels)

  1. A tunnel linking two parallel main tunnels.
    • Despite launching more than a month earlier than Cecilia, Florence is actually due to re-emerge an estimated six weeks later. This is because all of the cross-tunnels to link the main bores will be mined from Florence 's side.2021 July 14, Paul Stephen, “A portal into the future”, in RAIL, number 935, page 53

Questions about cross-tunnels

What is cross-tunnels the plural of?
Cross-tunnels is the plural of cross-tunnel.

Words near cross-tunnels in the dictionary

  1. cross-tuned
  2. cross-tunes
  3. cross-tuning
  4. cross-tunings
  5. cross-tunnel
  6. cross-tunnels
  7. cross-validate
  8. cross-validated
  9. cross-validates
  10. cross-validating
  11. cross-validation

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