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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Chunnel

1928, a blend of (English) Channel + tunnel (n.).

WordNet
chunnel

n. the railroad tunnel between France and England under the English Channel [syn: Channel Tunnel]

Usage examples of "chunnel".

She tried to imagine the consequences of releasing poison gas into the Chunnel once it was in full operation, then shuddered as the nightmarish scenario played out in her mind.

Suppose Morrison wanted to strike at both ends of the Chunnel simultaneously?

Jock helped build the Chunnel, that underwater link between England and France across the English Channel.

Greg remembered the hundreds of APVs and Challenger IV tanks parked in the Chunnel marshalling yards after he got back from Turkey.

There were stories about increases in the jobless and homeless figures, a small shipment of crack intercepted in Chunnel, and massacres in Peru, Kowloon, Johannesburg, and Atlanta.