funnel
English
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funnel (1)
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfʌnəl/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ʌnəl
Etymology 1
From Middle English funell, fonel, probably through Old French *founel (compare Middle French fonel, Old Occitan fonilh, enfounilh), from Latin fundibulum, infundibulum (“funnel”), from infundere (“to pour in”); in (“in”) + fundere (“to pour”); compare Breton founilh (“funnel”), Welsh ffynel (“air hole, chimney”). See fuse.
Noun
funnel (plural funnels)
Derived terms
terms derived from funnel (noun)
Translations
utensil used to guide poured liquids
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smoke flue, chimney — see chimney
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Verb
funnel (third-person singular simple present funnels, present participle funnelling or funneling, simple past and past participle funnelled or funneled)
- To use a funnel.
- (intransitive) To proceed through a narrow gap or passageway akin to a funnel; to narrow or condense.
- Expect delays where the traffic funnels down to one lane.
- 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)
- A line of clocks in our cheap hotel displays the time in Lagos, Bucharest, Kiev: the capitals of pilgrims who come to kneel at the birthplace of Christ. In reality the entire world funnels through the Church of the Nativity.
- (transitive) To direct, focus or channel (money, resources, emotions, etc.).
- Our taxes are being funnelled into pointless government initiatives.
- 2018 June 16, Fiona Sturges, “Cattleprods! Severed tongues! Torture porn! Why I've stopped watching the Handmaid's Tale”, in The Guardian:
- Like so many others, I was awestruck by the first season, which captured a moment in time and successfully funnelled its rage outwards at a world in which women are indeed silenced, controlled and killed by men.
- (transitive) To consume (beer, etc.) rapidly through a funnel, typically as a stunt at a party.
- 2013, Jonathan Caren, The Recommendation, page 31:
- The first time he did it was to this freshman Kevin Ryers and we all just burst out laughing, watching Kevin try to funnel a beer.
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Translations
to use a funnel
to proceed through a narrow gap or passageway akin to a funnel
Derived terms
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