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funnel
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funnel
1. a hollow utensil with a wide mouth tapering to a small hole, used for pouring liquids, powders, etc., into a narrow-necked vessel
2. a smokestack for smoke and exhaust gases, as on a steamship or steam locomotive

funnel [′fən·əl]
(design engineering)
A tube with one conical end that sometimes holds a filter; the function is to direct flow of a liquid or, if a filter is present, to direct a flow that was filtered.
(naval architecture)
A smokestack of a ship.


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As the heating element heats the water, steam is funneled through the coffee grounds and, once mixed, travels back through the funnel into the coffee pot.
In the November PHYSICAL REVIEW E, the researchers report that the funneled sand, which flows onto a small section of the mounting heap, consistently produced piles with off-center maximum pressure.
 
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