tunneler
Bores through earth
A tunneler is someone or something that digs tunnels.
The word applies to workers who excavate underground passages, to machines designed for boring through earth or rock, and to animals like moles and gophers that burrow beneath the surface: The tunnelers broke through to the other side after months of drilling.
One who bores holes
- diggerOne who unearths
- navvyManual excavation worker
- sapperMilitary construction soldier
- sandhogUnderground excavation worker
pitman · collier · hewer · muckers · haulier · underminer · ganger · foreman
Burrower's earth pile
- warrenInterconnected underground tunnels
- denPrivate room or lair
- lairAnimal's hidden dwelling
- settBadger's underground home
earth · hole · nest · dugout · gopher · badger · mole · vole
Metal-bearing rock
- coalCombustible sedimentary rock
- shaftNarrow vertical passage
- veinVessel toward heart
- prospectorOne seeking valuable deposits
quarry · lode · headlamp · adit · stope · drift · crosscut · pithead
Failing to engage interest
- drillingHole-making by rotation
- cut-and-coverSurface-dug tunnel method
- liningInterior fabric layer
- segmentalDivided into sections
shaft · passageway · gallery · conduit · culvert · trench · infrastructure · subway
Military construction soldier
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- trenchLong narrow excavation
- fortificationStrengthening defenses or nutrients
- mineOre excavation site
countermine · undermining · breaching · bunker · foxhole · gallery · explosive · infiltration
Pointed drainage puncture tool
- cannulaThin medical insertion tube
- dilatorDevice that widens passages
- catheterInserted medical drainage tube
- dissectorOne who cuts apart
blunt · subcutaneous · tissue · implant · pacemaker · port · access · guidewire
Unearth by shoveling
- shovelTool for moving earth
- spadeFlat-bladed digging implement
- earthmoverHeavy digging machinery
- excavatorMachine that digs earth
backhoe · trencher · jackhammer · blasting · earthwork · scoop · dredge · spoil
Underground excavation equipment
- cutterheadRotating blade-holding component
- shieldHandheld defensive armor
- slurrySemifluid mixture of solids
- conveyorMechanism that transports items
hydraulic · trenchless · mechanized · gripper · muck · auger · cutter · thrust
driller
One who bores holes
sandhog · pitman · collier · hewer · muckers · haulier · underminer · ganger · foreman · hardhat
molehill
Burrower's earth pile
sett · earth · hole · nest · dugout · gopher · badger · mole · vole · groundhog
ore
Metal-bearing rock
prospector · quarry · lode · headlamp · adit · stope · drift · crosscut · pithead · cage
boring
Failing to engage interest
- drillingHole-making by rotation
- cut-and-coverSurface-dug tunnel method
- liningInterior fabric layer
segmental · shaft · passageway · gallery · conduit · culvert · trench · infrastructure · subway · aqueduct
sapper
Military construction soldier
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- trenchLong narrow excavation
- fortificationStrengthening defenses or nutrients
mine · countermine · undermining · breaching · bunker · foxhole · gallery · explosive · infiltration · assault
trocar
Pointed drainage puncture tool
- cannulaThin medical insertion tube
- dilatorDevice that widens passages
- catheterInserted medical drainage tube
dissector · blunt · subcutaneous · tissue · implant · pacemaker · port · access · guidewire · sheath
dig
Unearth by shoveling
- shovelTool for moving earth
- spadeFlat-bladed digging implement
- earthmoverHeavy digging machinery
excavator · backhoe · trencher · jackhammer · blasting · earthwork · scoop · dredge · spoil · muck
TBM
Underground excavation equipment
- cutterheadRotating blade-holding component
- shieldHandheld defensive armor
- slurrySemifluid mixture of solids
conveyor · hydraulic · trenchless · mechanized · gripper · muck · auger · cutter · thrust
- minersminer, coal miner, gold miner, forty-niner, overman
- dung dwellersdung beetle, scarab beetle, scarab, sacred scarab, tumblebug
- wyrmdragon, serpent, drake, wyvern, fireworm
- vascular devicesguidewire, bypass graft, stent, catheter, cannula
tunnelerroofer
Building-top construction worker
steeplejack · tree topper · mountaineer · quarry worker · aviator
- tunnel visionInability to see periphery
- light at the end of the tunnelIndication difficulties will end
- wind tunnelControlled airstream apparatus
- secret tunnelConcealed underground or walled route
- carpal tunnelWrist's nerve passageway
- underground tunnelsEnclosed routes below ground
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