cross-tunnel

noun

A tunnel linking two parallel main tunnels.

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Meanings

nouncross-tunnel (plural cross-tunnels)

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

Origin

From cross- + tunnel.

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APA

cross-tunnel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cross-tunnel

MLA

“cross-tunnel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cross-tunnel. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cross-tunnel,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cross-tunnel.

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