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Funnel

Funnel Meaning & Definition
Funnel Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Funnel?

[n] smokestack consisting of a shaft for ventilation or the passage of smoke (especially the smokestack of a ship)
[n] a conically shaped utensil having a narrow tube at the small end; used to channel the flow of substances into a container with a small mouth
[n] a conical shape with a wider and a narrower opening at the two ends
[v] move or pour through a funnel; "funnel the liquid into the small bottle"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Funnel: funnel shape

Related Terms | Find terms related to Funnel: adjutage | approach | asymptote | bottleneck | canalize | carry | catheter | center | centralize | channel | channelize | chimney | close | close in | close up | close with | collision course | come together | complex cone | concenter | concentralization | concentralize | concentrate | concentration | concourse | concurrence | conduct | cone | conelet | confluence | conflux | congress | conoid | converge | convergence | converging | convey | cop | cornet | crossing | drainpipe | efflux tube | fall in with | fire hose | flue | flue pipe | flume | focalization | focus | fumarole | garden hose | gas pipe | hose | hosepipe | hub | ice-cream cone | intersect | meet | meeting | mutual approach | narrow the gap | narrowing gap | nip | nipple | organ pipe | pinch | pine cone | pipe | pipeline | pipette | piping | put through | put through channels | radius | reed | reed pipe | run together | siamese | siamese connection | siphon | smokeshaft | smokestack | snorkel | soil pipe | spokes | stack | standpipe | steam pipe | stem | stovepipe | straw | tangent | tap | taper | traject | transmit | trench | tube | tubing | tubulation | tubule | tubulet | tubulure | unite | waste pipe | water pipe

See Also | bell | cone | cone shape | conoid | displace | move | ship | smokestack | stack | utensil

Funnel In Webster's Dictionary

\Fun"nel\, n. [OE. funel, fonel, prob. through OF. fr, L. fundibulum, infundibulum, funnel, fr. infundere to pour in; in in + fundere to pour; cf. Armor. founil funnel, W. ffynel air hole, chimney. See {Fuse}, v. t.] 1. A vessel of the shape of an inverted hollow cone, terminating below in a pipe, and used for conveying liquids into a close vessel; a tunnel. 2. A passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance; specifically, a smoke flue or pipe; the iron chimney of a steamship or the like. {Funnel box} (Mining), an apparatus for collecting finely crushed ore from water. --Knight. {Funnel stay} (Naut.), one of the ropes or rods steadying a steamer's funnel.

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