Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tunnelling

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.52 in modern English

Syllables
tun-nelling
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of tunnel

British usage

noun

Alternative form of tunneling.

Countable; Uncountable

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What does tunnelling mean?
present participle and gerund of tunnel

How to pronounce tunnelling

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