noun

1. 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
2. a thing shaped like a funnel
3. 1. a cylindrical smokestack, as of a steamship
   2. a chimney or flue

Etymology: ME fonel < (prob. via an OFr form) Prov fonilh, enfonilh < L fundibulum, infundibulum, a funnel < infundere, to pour in < in-, in- + fundere, to pour: see found

intransitive verb, transitive verb funneled -·neled or funnelled -·nelled, funneling -·nel·ing or funnelling -·nel·ling

1. to move or pour through a funnel
2. to form in the shape of a funnel
3. to move into a central channel or to a central point