funnel
Noun:
- A conically shaped utensil: A device with a wide opening at the top that narrows to a small tube at the bottom, used to guide liquids or fine-grained substances into containers with small openings.
- A smokestack or ventilation shaft: A metal chimney, especially on a ship or steam engine, for carrying away smoke or steam.
- A conical shape: Any object or formation that is wide at one end and narrow at the other.
Verb:
- To move or pour through a funnel: To channel or direct something, often a liquid or a flow of items, through or as if through a funnel.
- To converge or be directed into a narrow point: To move or be channeled into a central or specific place or state.
Noun:
- She used a funnel to pour the oil into the bottle without spilling.
- The ship's funnel billowed black smoke into the sky.
- The tornado formed a dark funnel as it touched down.
Verb:
- Please funnel the sand into the bucket.
- Traffic was funneled into a single lane due to the construction.
- All donations are funneled directly to the charity.
"to funnel something into something": To direct resources, information, or people into a particular place or for a specific purpose.
- The company funneled its profits into research and development.
"to funnel through": To pass or be processed through a specific channel or point.
- All applications funnel through the main office.
Funnel-shaped (adj): Having the shape of a funnel; conical.
- The valley was funnel-shaped, leading to a narrow gorge.
Funneling (n/gerund): The action of channeling something through a funnel.
- The funneling of funds was carefully monitored.
- Noun (utensil): Conduit, channel, tube.
- Noun (chimney): Smokestack, stack, chimney.
- Verb: Channel, direct, guide, pour, route.
(Note: "Funnel" is not commonly used in phrasal verb constructions. The verb itself often incorporates prepositions like "into," "through," or "toward" to complete its meaning.) - Funnel into: To direct or pour something into a specific place. - They plan to funnel more investment into renewable energy.
- Funnel out: (Less common) To emerge or be distributed from a narrow point.
- The crowd funneled out of the stadium gates.
"Funnel cloud": A rotating, funnel-shaped cloud extending from the base of a thunderstorm, which may become a tornado.
- The weather service issued a warning after spotting a funnel cloud.
"Funnel vision": (A play on "tunnel vision") An intense focus on a single goal or idea to the exclusion of everything else.
- His funnel vision on winning the championship made him ignore his health.
- (nautical) smokestack consisting of a shaft for ventilation or the passage of smoke (especially the smokestack of a ship)
- 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
- a conical shape with a wider and a narrower opening at the two ends
- move or pour through a funnel
- funnel the liquid into the small bottle