Channel Tunnel
the Anglo-French railway tunnel that runs beneath the English Channel, between Folkestone and Coquelles, near Calais; opened in 1994: Also called: Chunnel, Eurotunnel
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How to use Channel Tunnel in a sentence
The destruction of the Channel Tunnel, ten years of effort wasted, millions of pounds swallowed up: this was evidently a calamity!
The Tremendous Event | Maurice LeblancBut why have we never consented to the Channel Tunnel being made?
The Coming Conquest of England | August NiemannIt is just at this time that the submarine Channel Tunnel scheme possesses peculiar interest for the thoughtful.
Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo | W. Cope DevereuxBut the project of a Channel Tunnel had long been seriously considered, though the experimental borings were not made till 1876.
Mr. Punch's History of Modern England Vol. II (of IV),--1857-1874 | Charles L. GravesHe seems to think it might be used for the Channel Tunnel, being both smokeless and noiseless.
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