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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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| As an obvious means of funnelling daylight to the arrivals hall below, these multistorey clefts also signpost the various stages of departure, from check-in to aircraft boarding. Stopkewich retains some of the sinister undercurrents of Gowdy's story by funnelling them into one crucial, centerpiece scene. The same amount of capital, however, will be spent on refurbishing and less on new construction, he said, "so people are funnelling more and more dollars into existing properties. |
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