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Webster 1913 Edition


Funnel

Fun′nel

,
Noun.
[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
,
Verb.
T.
]
1.
A vessel of the shape of an inverted hollow cone, terminating below in a pipe, and used for conveying liquids or pourable solids into a vessel with a narrow opening; 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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Funnel

FUN'NEL

, n.
1.
A passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance, particularly the shaft or hollow channel of a chimney through which smoke ascends.
2.
A vessel for conveying fluids into close vessels; a kind of hollow cone with a pipe; a tunnel.

Definition 2024


funnel

funnel

English

funnel (1)

Noun

funnel (plural funnels)

  1. A utensil of the shape of an inverted hollow cone, terminating below in a pipe, and used for conveying liquids etc. into a close vessel; a tunnel.
  2. A passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance; specifically, a smoke flue or pipe; the chimney of a steamship or the like.

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funnel (third-person singular simple present funnels, present participle funnelling or funneling, simple past and past participle funnelled or funneled)

  1. To use a funnel.
  2. To proceed through a narrow gap or passageway akin to a funnel; to narrow or condense.
    Expect delays where the traffic funnels down to one lane.
    • 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)
      A line of clocks in our cheap hotel displays the time in Lagos, Bucharest, Kiev: the capitals of pilgrims who come to kneel at the birthplace of Christ. In reality the entire world funnels through the Church of the Nativity.
  3. (transitive) To direct (money or resources).
    Our taxes are being funnelled into pointless government initiatives.
  4. To consume (beer, etc.) rapidly through a funnel, typically as a stunt at a party.
    • 2013, Jonathan Caren, The Recommendation (page 31)
      The first time he did it was to this freshman Kevin Ryers and we all just burst out laughing, watching Kevin try to funnel a beer.
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