Chunnel
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Chun·nel
(chŭn′əl)n.
An underground rail tunnel that runs below the English Channel and connects Great Britain and France.
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Chunnel
(ˈtʃʌnəl)n
(Railways) informal a rail tunnel beneath the English Channel, linking England and France, opened in 1994
[C20: from Ch(annel) + (t)unnel]
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Chun•nel
or chun′nel
(ˈtʃʌn l)n.
a railroad tunnel under the English Channel between England and France.
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Chunnel
n (inf) → Kanaltunnel m
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