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Tunnel

A vessel with a broad mouth at one end, a pipe or tube at the other, for conveying liquor, fluids, etc., into casks, bottles, or other vessels; a funnel.

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Catacomb 76% connected

A cave, grotto, or subterraneous place of large extent used for the burial of the dead; -- commonly in the plural.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Subway 76% connected

An underground way or gallery; especially, a passage under a street, in which water mains, gas mains, telegraph wires, etc., are conducted.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Warren 76% connected

A place privileged, by prescription or grant the king, for keeping certain animals (as hares, conies, partridges, pheasants, etc.) called beasts and…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Delve 76% connected

To dig; to open (the ground) as with a spade.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Dig 76% connected

To turn up, or delve in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to open, loosen, or break up (the soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrument; to pierce, o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Hole 76% connected

Whole.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Hollow 76% connected

Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow s…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Passageway 76% connected

A way for passage; a hall. See Passage, 5.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Penetrate 76% connected

To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to effect an entrance into; to pierce; as, light penetrates darkness.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Perforate 76% connected

To bore through; to pierce through with a pointed instrument; to make a hole or holes through by boring or piercing; to pierce or penetrate the surfa…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Shaft 70% connected

The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Burrow 92% connected

An incorporated town. See 1st Borough.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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