Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tunneling

/tˈʌnəlɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.90 in modern English

Syllables: tun-nel-ing
IPA: /tˈʌnəlɪŋ/

10

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of burrowing a tunnel.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The practice of exploring tunnel.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The quantum mechanical passing of a particle through an energy barrier.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A type of fraud where assets and profits are transferred out of firms for the benefit of those who control them.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A feature of the file system that allows files to preserve certain properties, such as creation date, even after being deleted and recreated.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of tunnel

Usage

Inflected Forms

tunnelings (plural) tunnelling (alternative)

Derived Forms

cotunneling nanotunneling

Phrases

scanning tunneling microscope tunneling time

Rhymes With

funneling

Questions

How do you pronounce tunneling?: The recorded pronunciation is /tˈʌnəlɪŋ/.
What does tunneling mean?: The act of burrowing a tunnel.

How to pronounce tunneling

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