tunnelboormachine
Dutch
Etymology
From tunnel + boren (“to drill, to bore”) + machine, calque of English tunnel boring machine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtʏ.nəl.boːr.maːˌʃi.nə/
- Hyphenation: tun‧nel‧boor‧ma‧chi‧ne
Noun
tunnelboormachine f (plural tunnelboormachines)
- (engineering) tunnel boring machine (a large machine used to excavate tunnels with a circular cross section)
Alternative foms
- TBM (abbreviation)