Defenition of the word funnel
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Defenition of the word funnel
- A conically shaped pipe, employed as a device to channel liquid or fine-grained substances into containers with a small opening.
- The metal chimney of an engine, steamboat, etc.
- a shaft for ventilation or the passage of smoke (especially the smokestack of a ship)
- 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
- move or pour through a funnel; "funnel the liquid into the small bottle"
- a conical shape with a wider and a narrower opening at the two ends
- (nautical) smokestack consisting of a shaft for ventilation or the passage of smoke (especially the smokestack of a ship)
- move or pour through a funnel
Synonyms for the word funnel
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- channel
- concentrate
- conduit
- cone
- cone-shaped tool
- direct
- focus
- funnel shape
- guide
- shaft
Similar words in the funnel
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- funnel
- funnel's
- funneled
- funneling
- funnels
Meronymys for the word funnel
Hypernyms for the word funnel
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- cone
- cone shape
- conoid
- displace
- move
- smokestack
- stack
- utensil
Idioms for the word funnel
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- approach funnel
- cable funnel
- dropping funnel
- filling funnel
- flushing funnel
- funnel chest
- funnel cloud
- funnel-through hole
- funnel tube
- overflow funnel
- separating funnel
- glass sight funnel
- short-stem funnel
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