"TBM" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: TBMs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} TBM (plural TBMs)
  1. (engineering) Initialism of tunnel boring machine. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: tunnel boring machine Categories (topical): Engineering Translations (tunnel-boring machine): tunnelier [masculine] (French)

Inflected forms

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