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noun A funnel.
noun A container for pouring molten metal into a mold, having holes in the bottom to prevent splashing.

A large tundish is very convenient, and a spare plug might be taken; but a traveller, with a little painstaking, could soon cut a plug with his own knife, sufficiently well made to allow of its being Firmly screwed in, and of retaining the water, if it had a bit of rag wrapped round it. — The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries
The... funnel Is that called a tundish in Ireland? — A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
I never heard the word in my life It is called a tundish in Lower Drumcondra, said Stephen, laughing, where they speak the best English A tundish, said the dean reflectively. — A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
That tundish has been on my mind for a long time. — A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Is it not a tundish? — A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man