US /ˈfʊnəl/ UK /ˈfʌnəl/
verb Freq #17106

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    move or pour through a funnel

    Funnel the liquid into the small bottle.

Thesaurus

Word family
Forms funneledfunnelingfunnelledfunnellingfunnels
Derived forms cytofunnelfunnel-shapedfunnel-webfunnelformfunnellessfunnellikefunnelshapedfunnelwisemetafunnelrefunnel
Related forms tundish

Etymology

From Middle English funell, fonel, probably through Old French *founel (compare Middle French fonel, Old Occitan fonilh, enfounilh), from Latin fundibulum, infundibulum (“funnel”), from infundere (“to pour in”); in (“in”) + fundere (“to pour”); compare Breton founilh (“funnel”), Welsh ffynel (“air hole, chimney”). See fuse.

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