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  1. noun A conical utensil having a small hole or narrow tube at the apex and used to channel the flow of a substance, as into a small-mouthed container.
  2. noun Something resembling this utensil in shape.
  3. noun A shaft, flue, or stack for ventilation or the passage of smoke, especially the smokestack of a ship or locomotive.
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  • It uses flowing air instead of water and you have to pee into a kind of funnel, which is different. —  AnalogSFF,January-February2008
  • Within the funnel was the color of madness, too compelling even to look at for more than an instant, while outside it was the calm of the protected area. —  Geis of the Gargoyle
  • A sample of the clay put into a funnel, as on p. 14, did not allow water to pass through; this was also evident from the very wet nature of the ground. —  Lessons on Soil
  • A triumphant hope; for coming down in the ship's capacious funnel--larger than it had seemed from a distance--I had seen what appeared to be a small projectile, resting in some strange landing gear. —  Wandl the Invader
  • One of these happened to strike the stove-funnel, and lodged on the master's desk. —  The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860
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  1. Middle English fonel, from Provençal fonilh, from Late Latin fundibulum, from Latin īnfundibulum, from īnfundere, to pour in; see infuse.

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  1. from Middle English funelle, funell, fonel, a funnel, from Old French enfonille (printed enfouille in Roquefort, who quotes Provencal enfounil), French dial. (Limousin) enfounil = Breton founil, from Latin infundibulum, a funnel, also the hopper in a mill, from infundere, pour in: see infundibulum, infound. The resemblance to W. ffynel, an air-hole, a vent, is not close as to meaning, and is accidental.
 

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