Funnel Definition
fŭnəl
funneled, funneling, funnelled, funnelling, funnels
noun
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An instrument consisting of an inverted cone with a hole at the small end, or a tapering or cylindrical tube with a wide, cone-shaped mouth, for pouring liquids and powders into containers that have small openings.
Webster's New World
Something resembling this utensil in shape.
American Heritage
A thing shaped like a funnel.
Webster's New World
A cylindrical smokestack, as of a steamship.
Webster's New World
A chimney or flue.
Webster's New World
verb
funneled, funneling, funnelled, funnelling, funnels
To form in the shape of a funnel.
Webster's New World
To move or pour through a funnel.
Webster's New World
To cause to take the shape of a funnel.
American Heritage
To move into a central channel or to a central point.
Webster's New World
To cause to move through or as if through a funnel.
American Heritage
Origin of Funnel
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Old English funel, fonel, probably through Old French, from Latin fundibulum, infundibulum (“funnel”), from infundere (“to pour in”); in (“in”) + fundere (“to pour”); compare Breton founil (“funnel”), Welsh ffynel (“air hole, chimney”). See fuse.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English fonel from Provençal fonilh from Late Latin fundibulum from Latin īnfundibulum from īnfundere to pour in infuse
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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