subway tunnel

collocation in English

meaningsofsubwayandtunnel

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subway
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsʌb.weɪ/us
/ˈsʌb.weɪ/
mainly US
a railway system in which electric trains travel through tunnels ...
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tunnel
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtʌn.əl/us
/ˈtʌn.əl/
a long passage under or through the ground, especially one made ...
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(Definition ofsubwayandtunnelfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This experiment is intended to simulate an indoor environment such as a mine, factory building orsubwaytunnel.
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The clamor is heard even as one walks through thesubwaytunnelto the street exit...
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The surface landscaping for the path was added aftersubwaytunnelconstruction was complete.
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Shortly afterwards, an underground landslide into thesubwaytunnelcaused the archive building to collapse.
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Thesubwaytunnelpasses directly under the foundations of the tower.
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It had to be finished -- largely for structural reasons -- to support thesubwaytunnelabove.
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Hinton, inside thesubwaytunnel, takes time for reflection.
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This film is about a community of transients who live underground in asubwaytunnel.
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The simulator is housed in a simulatedsubwaytunnel.
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Thesubwaytunnelis double tracked throughout its entire length, with a concrete wall separating the two tracks.
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Rochester city officials decided in 2004 to fill the remainingsubwaytunnelwith earth.
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Since then, a variety of artists and advertisers have begun to usesubwaytunnelwalls to produce a zoetrope effect when viewed from moving trains.
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The tracks were located above grade with a pedestriansubwaytunnelproviding access to the platforms via stairways to the platforms above.
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The game takes place on a single static screen with various skyscraper buildings and asubwaytunnelrunning underneath them.
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The collapse of thesubwaytunnelalso brought about the collapse of a road tunnel above thesubwaytunnel.
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Most of the bus lines serving the area from the north and west run through a tunnel adjacent to thesubwaytunnel.
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Many of the applications for this technology will be areas where airflow is constrained and deflected by obstacles such as inside buildings, mines and subway tunnels.
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However, when the excursion goes through underground subway tunnels, they must be towed by steel cars.
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The former canal and subway tunnels have become a frequent source of debate.
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For the construction, the same technology was used as for the construction of subway tunnels.
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