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funnel

noun

1 funnel

A conical shape with a wider and a narrower opening at the two ends.

synonym: funnel shape.

Roget 260: hole, foramen; puncture, perforation; fontanel; transforation; pinhole, keyhole, loophole, porthole, peephole, mousehole, pigeonhole; eye of a needle; ... show more

Roget 350: conduit, channel, duct, watercourse, race; head race, tail race; abito, aboideau, aboiteau [Fr.], bito; acequia, acequiador, acequiamadre; ... show more

Roget 351: air pipe, air tube; airhole, blowhole, breathinghole, venthole; shaft, flue, chimney, funnel, vent, nostril, nozzle, ... show more

2 funnel

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.

Dutch: trechter
Polish: lejek

3 funnel

nautical Smokestack consisting of a shaft for ventilation or the passage of smoke (especially the smokestack of a ship).

verb

1 funnel

Move or pour through a funnel.

Dutch: geld doen circuleren, kanaliseren


Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.

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