funnel
🇺🇸
/ˈfʌnl/
🇬🇧
/ˈfʌnl/
noun
R
A container that is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, used to pour liquids or powders into a small opening.
She used a funnel to pour oil into the bottle.
R
A metal tube, like on a ship or an engine, that lets smoke or gases out.
The smoke rose from the funnel of the ship.
verb
R
To move or guide something through a narrow space, like a funnel.
The wind was funneling through the narrow passage.
translation
A container that is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, used to pour liquids or powders into a small opening.; A metal tube, like on a ship or an engine, that lets smoke or gases out.
To move or guide something through a narrow space, like a funnel.
Word Forms
3rd Present
funnels
Past
funneled
Perfect
funneled
Progressive
funneling
Plural
funnels