funnel (redirected from funnelled)

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

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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.