Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

summit tunnel

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.97 in modern English

Syllables: sum-mit -tun-nel
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tunnel driven through a pass at fairly high altitude to minimize the length of tunnel required, at the cost of requiring steeper and more winding routes up to each end of the tunnel.

Inflected Forms

summit tunnels (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

base tunnel

Questions

What does summit tunnel mean?: A tunnel driven through a pass at fairly high altitude to minimize the length of tunnel required, at the cost of requiring steeper and more winding routes up to each end of the tunnel.

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