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Definitions for Funnel

[1] a cone-shaped utensil with a tube at the apex for conducting liquid or other substance through a small opening, as into a bottle, jug, or the like.
[2] a smokestack, especially of a steamship.
[3] a flue, tube, or shaft, as for ventilation.
[4] Eastern New England . a stovepipe.
[5] to concentrate, channel, or focus: They funneled all income into research projects.
[6] to pour through or as if through a funnel.
[7] to pass through or as if through a funnel.
[8] a hollow utensil with a wide mouth tapering to a small hole, used for pouring liquids, powders, etc, into a narrow-necked vessel
[9] something resembling this in shape or function
[10] a smokestack for smoke and exhaust gases, as on a steamship or steam locomotive
[11] a shaft or tube, as in a building, for ventilation
[12] to move or cause to move or pour through or as if through a funnel
[13] to concentrate or focus or be concentrated or focused in a particular direction they funnelled their attention on the problem
[14] (intr) to take on a funnel-like shape

Words related to Funnel

pour, filter, transmit, siphon, channel, move, pipe, convey, conduct, carry, pass, traject

Words nearby Funnel

funk hole, funked, funkia, funkster, funky, funnel, funnel cake, funnel cap, funnel chest, funnel cloud, funnel-shaped pelvis

Origin of Funnel

1375–1425; late Middle English fonel < Old Provençal fonilh (Gascon ) < Vulgar Latin *fundibulum, for Latin infundibulum, derivative of infundere to pour in

Other words from Funnel

fun·nel·like , adjective

Word origin for Funnel

C15: from Old Provençal fonilh , ultimately from Latin infundibulum funnel, hopper (in a mill), from infundere to pour in

Synonyms for Funnel

channel, filter, pour, siphon, transmit, carry, conduct, convey, move, pass, pipe, traject