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What does funnel mean?

noun

1. a conical shape with a wider and a narrower opening at the two ends
   • synonym: funnel shape
   • more generic: cone / cone shape / conoid = a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point
2. 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
   • more generic: utensil = an implement for practical use
   • part: bell = the flared opening of a tubular device
3. (nautical) smokestack consisting of a shaft for ventilation or the passage of smoke (especially the smokestack of a ship)
   • domain: ship
   • more generic: smokestack / stack = a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated
   • part of: ship = a vessel that carries passengers or freight

verb (funnelled, funnelling)

1. move or pour through a funnel
   • example: The women funnel water into the bowl
   • more generic: displace / move = cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense

Alternative definition

noun

1. A utensil of the shape of an inverted hollow cone, terminating below in a pipe, and used for conveying liquids etc. into a close vessel; a tunnel.
2. A passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance; specifically, a smoke flue or pipe; the chimney of a steamship or the like.

verb

1. To use a funnel.
2. To proceed through a narrow gap or passageway akin to a funnel; to narrow or condense.
3. [transitive] To direct (money or resources).

Music

"Funnel" is a musical EP of The Cedars Two.

Miscellanea

1. Funnel: A funnel is the smokestack or chimney on a ship used to expel boiler steam and smoke or engine exhaust. They are also commonly referred to as stacks.
2. Funnel: In Computer Science, a funnel is a synchronization primitive used in kernel development to protect system resources. First used on Digital UNIX as a way to "funnel" device driver execution onto a single processor, funnels are now used in the Mac OS X kernel to serialize access to the BSD portion of xnu.

Printed dictionaries and other books with definitions about funnel

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Google Analytics (2010)

by Justin Cutroni

A funnel is a series of predefined steps, or pages, that a visitor must pass through before reaching a goal. Not every goal will have...

Practical Pharmaceutical Chemistry - Ii (2008)

by Dr. A. V. Kasture, Dr. S. G. Wadodkar

Buchner funnel is a perforated bottom porcelain funnel. The funnel is placed on the flask by rubber bung. A filter paper of the size ...

The Anglo-American Encyclopedia and Dictionary: Dictionary department (A-Z) (1904)

founil=* funnel; WeL jfynel= an air-hole; Lat. infundibulum, from in=m, an< fundo= to pour.]...

ONLINE Encyclopedia of Spectroscopy and Spectrometry, 2nd Edition (2010)

3 volume set

funnel can focus ions in a broad range of m/z ratio exiting the inlet capillary and transmit them through a conductance limiting...

Dictionary of Flavors (2008)

by Dolf De Rovira

Separatory Funnel — A glassware device used in the laboratory for the separation of immiscible liquids.

A separatory funnel is used to make solvent plus substrate extracts, twophase extracts, or to separate two immiscible liquids.

Illustrated marine encyclopedia (1890)

by Heinrich Paasch

Funnel. The large tube of sheet-iron, extending from the uptake high above the deck ; through which the smoke and heated...

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• Rusty Funnel

  Rusty Funnel

  Photo credit: Marion Doss

• Yellow Funnel Spring

  The Yellow Funnel Spring along the Back Basin trail in Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone.

  It got its name at a time the pool was lined with (yellow) sulfur. However, the spring can be both calm and clear, dry, steamy or like this - murky and bubbling.

  Photo credit: Bernt Rostad

• Moon and funnel

  Coruisk's funnel reveals the Moon.

  Photo credit: SuborbitalPigeon

• Dust Funnel in the Desert

  Dust Funnel on the way to Uluru

  Photo credit: Alli Polin

• Waverley funnel closeup

  A closeup view of one of the PS Waverleys funnels.

  Photo credit: atomicjeep

• Burger King Funnel Cake Sticks

  Read a review of the BK Funnel Cake Sticks here.

  Photo credit: theimpulsivebuy

• Campbell's famous White Funnel Fleet

  The Bristol Channel was to develop into one of the major areas for Paddle Steamer operation in the UK after the decision of Peter and Alec Campbell, sons of the well-known Firth of Clyde steamboat owner Captain Bob Campbell, to sell their business to the newly-formed Caledonian Steam Packet Company and, from 1889, base their operations at Bristol. The inevitable domination of the Clyde services by three competing railway companies and the under-development of steamer operations on the Bristol Channel made the move a sensible decision. In 1887, Campbell's paddler Waverley had been chartered for use on the channel and in the following year, Captain Alec brought the vessel south once again on his own account. Captain Bob died in April 1888 and the scene was set for P & A Campbell's "White Funnel" fleet to dominate coastal cruising and ferry operations for the next 80 years.

  Photo credit: brizzle born and bred

• Funnel

  Close-up of a colorful flower, photographed at Alam Batu resort garden, Bali, September 2011.

  creative commons (CC-BY-SA 2.0)

  Photo credit: DrTH80

• Funnel Cake from Carnival Food

  A funnel cake from Carnival Food on Covington Pike.

  Photo credit: ilovememphis

• Funnel web at Lake Tawakoni State Park

  Some arachnologists originally suspected that the giant web was formed by funnel spiders, because funnel spiders can make sheets. Here is an example from the park.

  Photo credit: Spider Joe

• Solar funnel cooker - teri chicken

  Put some teri chicken in the funnel cooker at 2:45 and it was done an hour later. Two marinated boneless, skinless chiken breasts with garlic and ginger spread on top.

  The thermometer needle is partially obscurred by the circular design in the glass lid but shows just over 225F.

  Photo credit: EBKauai

• Red Funnel Red Jet

  Red Funnel Red Jets. The left one is heading towards the Isle of Wight from Southampton, the other is making the return crossing. Taken from Calshot Spit.

  Photo credit: damo1977

• Stena Line Funnel

  close up of the funnel of the "Stena Pioneer" (?) berthed at Fleetwood.

  Photo credit: Bob the courier

• Giant Funnel Cap

  Giant Funnel Caps, up to 18 cm diameter.

  Photo credit: polandeze

• Red Funnel Ferry & NYK Libra Container Ship

  Red Funnel car ferry leaving Southampton Water for Cowes, Isle of Wight. NYK Libra container ship also leaving Southampton Water, taken from Calshot Spit.

  Photo credit: damo1977

• Solar Funnel Cooker with side supports

  This solar funnel cooker has triangular wood supports for added wind and weather resistance.

  They attach with Velcro pieces.

  Photo credit: EBKauai

• Funnel

  Photo credit: rightee

• funnel

  Photo credit: naitokz

• Funnel

  Photo credit: Steve Snodgrass

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Scrabble value of F₄U₁N₁N₁E₁L₁

The value of this 6-letter word is 9 points. It is included in the first and second editions of the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary.

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