funnel
Meaning of funnel
noun
- a tube or pipe that is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, used for guiding liquid or powder into a small opening.
- a metal chimney on a ship or steam engine.
- guide or channel (something) through or as if through a funnel.
some $12.8 billion was funnelled through the Marshall Plan
late Middle English: apparently via Old French from Provençal fonilh, from late Latin fundibulum, from Latin infundibulum, from infundere, from in- ‘into’ + fundere ‘pour’.
Information about funnel
- The plural form of funnel is: funnels.
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Hyphenation of funnel
fun-nel
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- funnel is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
funnel synonyms
Meaning a long, hollow cylinder of metal, plastic, glass, etc. for holding or transporting something, chiefly liquids or gases:
Meaning a tube used to convey water, gas, oil, or other fluid substances:
Meaning a length of water wider than a strait, joining two larger areas of water, especially two seas:
Meaning a channel for conveying water or other fluid:
Meaning a vertical channel or pipe which conducts smoke and combustion gases up from a fire or furnace and typically through the roof of a building:
Meaning a duct for smoke and waste gases produced by a fire, a gas heater, a power station, or other fuel-burning installation:
Meaning an opening that allows air, gas, or liquid to pass out of or into a confined space:
Meaning a long, narrow part or section forming the handle of a tool or club, the body of a spear or arrow, or similar:
Meaning a chimney:
Meaning show or indicate the way to (someone):
Meaning give food to:
Meaning control the operations of; manage or govern:
Meaning transport or carry to a place:
Meaning go in a specified direction or manner; change position:
Meaning move or cause to move in a specified direction:
Meaning flow rapidly in a steady stream:
Meaning pass (a liquid, gas, light, or sound) through a device to remove unwanted material:
Meaning draw off or convey (liquid) by means of a siphon:
funnel antonyms
Meaning throw in various random directions:
Meaning spend (money) freely or extravagantly:
Translation of funnel
Words that rhyme with funnel
Channel, Dannel, Jannel, beflannel, cannel, channel, crannel, empannel, enchannel, fannel, flannel, impannel, interchannel, midchannel, mischannel, multichannel, overchannel, pannel, rannel, rechannel, scrannel, semichannel, spannel, stannel, subchannel, transchannel, underflannel, unpannel, upchannel, wannel, bennel, dogfennel, enkennel, fennel, gennel, kennel, skipkennel, unkennel, vennel, ginnel, pinnel, spinnel, whinnel, winnel, Connel, McConnel, antipersonnel, personnel, ronnel, Chunnel
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