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noun
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.
verb (used with object)
5.
to concentrate, channel, or focus: They funneled all income into research projects.
6.
to pour through or as if through a funnel.
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Funneling
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
verb (used without object)
7.
to pass through or as if through a funnel.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English fonel < Old Provençal fonilh (Gascon ) < Vulgar Latin *fundibulum, for Latin infundibulum, derivative of infundere to pour in
1375–1425; late Middle English fonel < Old Provençal fonilh (Gascon ) < Vulgar Latin *fundibulum, for Latin infundibulum, derivative of infundere to pour in
Related forms
fun·nel·like, adjective
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Word Origin & History
funnel
c.1400, from M.Fr. fonel, from Prov. enfounilh, "a word from the Southern wine trade" [Weekley], from L.L. fundibulum, shortened from L. infundibulum "a funnel or hopper in a mill," from infundere "pour in," from in- "in" + fundere "pour" (see found (2)). The verb is from 1590s.
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