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tunneller

tunneller is the alternative form of tunneler.

Meaning of tunneler

Noun

tunneler (plural tunnelers)

  1. Someone or something that tunnels.
    • Near-synonym: burrower
    Synonyms:
    burrower
    1. A device or machine for making tunnels.
      • Near-synonyms: TBM, tunnel boring machine

Forms of tunneller

pluraltunnellers

Origin of tunneller

From tunnel + -er.

Questions about tunneller

What is tunneller the alternative form of?
Tunneller is the alternative form of tunneler.

Words near tunneller in the dictionary

  1. tunnelings
  2. tunnelist
  3. tunnelists
  4. Tunnell
  5. tunnelled
  6. tunneller
  7. tunnellers
  8. tunnellike
  9. tunnelling
  10. tunnelling time
  11. tunnelling times

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tunneller (page history and authors); tunneler (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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