Meaning & use
flesh tunnel
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Meaning
nouncountableinformal
A hollow ring of metal, wood or plastic worn in a stretched piercing, usually in the earlobe, so that you can see through the hole.
Grammar: Countable and often plural: she wears flesh tunnels in both ears.
Patterns
- wear flesh tunnels
- flesh tunnels in something
He wore black flesh tunnels in both ears.
She swapped her small studs for wooden flesh tunnels.
The piercer measured the hole before choosing a flesh tunnel.
Word forms
| plural | flesh tunnels |
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Common combinations
- wear flesh tunnels
- Many teenagers wear flesh tunnels after stretching their ears.
- stretch for flesh tunnels
- She stretched her lobes slowly to fit larger flesh tunnels.
- wooden flesh tunnel
- He bought a wooden flesh tunnel from the market.
- steel flesh tunnel
- A steel flesh tunnel can be cleaned easily.
- insert a flesh tunnel
- The piercer showed her how to insert a flesh tunnel safely.
Synonyms and how they differ
- ear tunnel
- Ear tunnel is the same item but names the ear specifically, while flesh tunnel can sit in other body parts.
- tunnel plug
- Tunnel plug is a more general term for the jewelry and can mean the solid or hollow kind.
- gauge
- A gauge is a measure of thickness, and people sometimes use it loosely to mean the jewelry itself.
- ear stretcher
- An ear stretcher is a tool used to enlarge a piercing and is not worn as decoration.
Word family
Commonly confused: flesh tunnel or plug?
flesh tunnel vs plug
A plug is solid and fills the hole, while a flesh tunnel is hollow and lets light through.
Practice
Unlike a solid plug, a ___ is hollow, so you can see through the stretched earlobe.
Choose one answer.
A hollow ring worn in a stretched piercing is a flesh tunnel. A stud is a small solid post and a clip does not need a piercing at all.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “flesh tunnel”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.