Funnel
['fʌn(ə)l] or ['fʌnl]
Definition
(noun.) (nautical) smokestack consisting of a shaft for ventilation or the passage of smoke (especially the smokestack of a ship).
(noun.) a conically shaped utensil having a narrow tube at the small end; used to channel the flow of substances into a container with a small mouth.
(noun.) a conical shape with a wider and a narrower opening at the two ends.
(verb.) move or pour through a funnel; 'funnel the liquid into the small bottle'.
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Definition
(v. t.) A vessel of the shape of an inverted hollow cone, terminating below in a pipe, and used for conveying liquids into a close vessel; a tunnel.
(v. t.) A passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance; specifically, a smoke flue or pipe; the iron chimney of a steamship or the like.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Tunnel.[2]. Chimney-flue.[3]. Stove-pipe.
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Definition
n. (prov.) the offspring of a stallion and a she-ass.—Also Fumm′el.
n. a tube or passage for the escape of smoke &c.: an instrument (smaller at one end than the other) for pouring fluids into bottles &c.—adj. Funn′elled provided with a funnel.—n. Funn′el-net a net shaped like a funnel.
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Examples
- Heat the water in two or more boilers, as a large quantity will be required, and pour it in through the tube on top of the incubator boiling hot, using a funnel in the tube for the purpose. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- There are two ways of contracting a chimney; one by contracting the opening _before_ the fire, the other by contracting the funnel _above_ the fire. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- I started for the oil-room, when, about entering, I saw a small funnel lying on the floor. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- And I might as well have spoken to the iron funnel of the strongest sea-going steamer that passes the Fellowship Porters. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- This funnel opening leads into a wooden canal or gutter, the main stem of which runs on an incline the length of the table underneath. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I took it off, and making a sketch, went to Dave Cunningham, having the funnel in my hand to illustrate what I wanted made. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In the centrifugal skimmer the milk is continuously poured in through a funnel, and the cream runs out continuously through one spout, and the skimmed milk at the other. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It was a machine mounted on two wheels, that had a seed box in the bottom of which was a series of holes opening into a corresponding number of metal tubes or funnels. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- And as to tube and metal bending, there are wonderful machines which bend sheets of metal into great tubes, funnels, ship masts and cylinders. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- These converging horns or funnels, with a large speaking-trumpet in between them, are mounted on a tripod, and the megaphone is complete. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The _Megaphone_ of Edison appeared, consisting of two large funnels having elastic conducting tubes from their apices to the aural orifice. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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