fun|nel

fun|nel
fun|nel «FUHN uhl», noun, verb, -neled, -nel|ing or (especially British) -nelled, -nel|ling.
–n.
1. a tapering tube with a wide mouth shaped like a cone. A funnel is used to prevent spilling in pouring liquids, powder, grain, or the like into containers with small openings.
2. anything shaped like a funnel: »

a funnel of smoke.

3. a round metal chimney; smokestack: »

The steamship had two funnels. The steam locomotive had one funnel.

4. a flue or stack for carrying off smoke or for ventilation or lighting.
5. the narrow cloud of a tornado that extends downward from a heavy, dark mass of cumulonimbus clouds: »

A tornado has a strong lifting force due to the updraft of air in the funnel (James E. Miller).

–v.t., v.i.
to pass or feed through or as if through a funnel or other narrow opening: »

to funnel gasoline into a can. The crowd funneled through the gate.Figurative. She funneled all of her efforts into her career.

╂[< Old French fonel < Late Latin fundibulum < Latin infundibulum < in- in + fundere pour]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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