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• channel — I. noun Etymology: Middle English chanel, from Anglo French, from Latin canalis channel more at canal Date: 14th century 1. a. the bed where a natural stream of water runs b. the deeper part of a river, harbor, or strait c. a strait or narrow sea …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• funnel — I. noun Etymology: Middle English fonel, from Anglo French fonyle, from Old Occitan fonilh, from Medieval Latin fundibulum, short for Latin infundibulum, from infundere to pour in, from in + fundere to pour more at found Date: 15th century 1. a.… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• kennel — I. noun Etymology: Middle English kenel, from Anglo French *kenil, from Vulgar Latin *canile, from Latin canis dog more at hound Date: 14th century 1. a. a shelter for a dog or cat b. an establishment for the breeding or boarding of dogs or cats… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• sentinel — I. noun Etymology: Middle French sentinelle, from Old Italian sentinella, from sentina vigilance, from sentire to perceive, from Latin Date: 1579 sentry II. transitive verb ( neled or nelled; neling or nelling) …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• tunnel — I. noun Etymology: Middle English tonel cask, tun, from Anglo French, from tone tun Date: 1508 1. a hollow conduit or recess ; tube, well 2. a. a covered passageway; specifically a horizontal passageway through or under an obstruction b. a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• scanning tunneling microscope — scan′ning tun′neling mi croscope n. phs elo an electronic microscope that produces images of atomic structures by moving an extremely fine probe over the surface of a material abbr. : STM Etymology: 1980–85 …   From formal English to slang