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funnellike

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fun⋅nel

  [fuhn-l] noun, verb, -neled, -nel⋅ing or (especially British) -nelled, -nel⋅ling.
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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, esp. 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.
–verb (used without object)
7. to pass through or as if through a funnel.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME fonel < OPr fonilh (Gascon) < VL *fundibulum, for L infundibulum, deriv. of infundere to pour in

Related forms:
fun⋅nel⋅like, adjective
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Word Origin & History

funnel  (n.)
1402, 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 1594.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: fun·nel
Pronunciation: 'f&n-&l
Function: noun
: a utensil that is usually a hollow cone with a tube extending from thesmaller end and that is designed to catch and direct a downward flow —see B{UUML}CHNER FUNNEL
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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