funnel
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5.2
- noun
- /ˈfʌnəl/
- Specialized
:
chimenea
- Do you realise that there was a British cruiser waiting at Shanghai... ...smoke pouring out of its funnels, tugging at its moorings... ...waiting to take Mr. Conway back to London.
- funnel cloud
- funnel tornado
- ship's funnel
Examples
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In the harbor, we have a white yacht with two funnels.
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The fourth was a dummy added by White Star, as the public associated four funnels with speed.
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I thought it looked very attractive, all that dense black smoke belching from the funnel.
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With a chilling deliberation, the gray funnel wound its way toward the approaching ship.
Fiction book (1998) -
The ship's engines produced thick smoke that poured out of the funnel as it sailed through the ocean.
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During the tour, we learned that the large funnel on the historic ship was designed to vent smoke from the boilers.
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In the old photographs, you can clearly see the tall funnel of the steamship extending high above the deck.
Synonyms
131
1.0
A tall structure on a house that lets smoke from a fire go outside
17
5.3
A tall chimney on a factory, ship, or power plant that sends smoke and gas into the air
13
5.0
A tall chimney at a factory that releases smoke
Compounds
- Specialized
A wild orchid with funnel-shaped bright pink flowers that grows in the northeastern United States
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Funnel for a ship comes from the same idea: it is a tall 'tube' that guides smoke up and away from the ship, like a large pouring funnel. That's why a ship's funnel acts like a chimney or pipe.