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funnel

funnel

14 2.7
A tube with a wide top and narrow bottom for pouring liquids into small openings
  • noun
  • /ˈfʌnəl/
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  • Pour in your drink through a funnel flexible tube.
  • an entrance funnel
  • the end of a funnel

I need like a funnel or should I just make a mess?

Examples

  • There are those who have thought the only possible hope was to use a funnel to pour in a little wine.

  • I found my trusty mini funnel, and we are ready to fill this puppy.

  • Jason, we're going to need a jar and a funnel.

    Rat Race (2001)

  • The pump sends the water to the top of the funnel, from where it cascades down.

    Disgruntled (2008)

  • She'd ask me to hold the funnel steady so she could pour antifreeze into the car.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • The salt lands in a plastic funnel, taped to the top of a bamboo stick.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • She used a funnel to pour the juice into the small glass without spilling.

  • To fill the bottle easily, he placed a funnel at the opening.

  • The funnel helped him transfer the sand from the bag into the tiny jar.

Synonyms

hopper
vsfunnel
  • Specialized
9 4.4

A container with a wide top that lets material fall into a container below

is mainly for pouring into small openings rather than bulk gravity feeding
pourer
vsfunnel
1 3.4

A person or device that pours liquid from one container to another

is a shaped utensil with wide top and narrow bottom for controlled liquid transfer
tundish
vsfunnel
  • Specialized
9.8

A container like a funnel that guides liquid or powder into a small opening

is a general utensil for pouring liquids or powders into small openings

Compounds

funnel shape
1 3.4

A cone-like shape that is wide at one end and narrow at the other

funnel web
  • Specialized
1 7.5

A web shaped like a funnel that spiders make to catch insects

funnel-crest rosebud orchid
  • Specialized
9.9

A wild orchid with funnel-shaped bright pink flowers that grows in the northeastern United States

How Wide

hole
∞ 1.0
funnel
14 2.7
pipe
344 1.0
spout
22 2.7
nozzle
30 4.1

Surface Forms

funnel singular
funnels plural

Etymology

Funnel started as a word for a 'tube' or 'spout' with a wide top and a narrow bottom used to pour without spilling. So a funnel is anything shaped to guide liquid or powder into a small opening.