funnel
pronunciation
How to pronounce funnel in British English:
UK [ˈfʌnl]
How to pronounce funnel in American English:
US [ˈfʌnl]
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- Noun:
- a conical shape with a wider and a narrower opening at the two ends
- 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
- (nautical) smokestack consisting of a shaft for ventilation or the passage of smoke (especially the smokestack of a ship)
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- Verb:
- move or pour through a funnel
Word Origin
- funnel
- funnel: [15] Etymologically, a funnel is something used for ‘pouring in’. The word comes via Provençal fonilh from Latin infundibulum ‘funnel’. This was a derivative of infundere ‘pour in’, a compound verb formed from in- ‘in’ and fundere ‘pour’ (source of English found ‘melt’, foundry, and fuse).=> found, foundry, fuse
- funnel (n.)
- c. 1400, funell, fonel, from Middle French fonel, apparently a word from a southern French dialect, such as Provençal enfounilh (Weekley calls it "a word from the Southern wine trade"), from Late Latin fundibulum, shortened from Latin infundibulum "a funnel or hopper in a mill," from infundere "pour in," from in- "in" + fundere "pour" (see found (v.2)).
- funnel (v.)
- 1590s, from funnel (n.). Related: Funneled; funneling.
Example
- 1. Funnel clouds become tornadoes once they touch the ground .
- 2. Which part of the funnel are they talking about ?
- 3. He 's moved down the funnel and become more valuable to you .
- 4. The fast-moving funnel clouds destroyed homes and property across six states over two days .
- 5. Located at africa 's westernmost tip , it is a funnel towards europe for latin american cocaine .