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the Channel Tunnel

noun
 
 
(informal the Chunnel)

Definition

the three long passages under the English Channel between England and FranceDitches, dams and tunnels
(Definition of the Channel Tunnel noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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