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Meanings of funnel in English

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A conical shape with a wider and a narrower opening at the two ends.

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        Usage of funnel in English
        1
        Don't expect an accent.' Returning to the book, she recited: 'What funnel?
        The genesis secret
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        There must be a great funnel in the hillside in that direction.
        Prester John
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        But the funnel method is untested at such water depths, Priest said.
        Reuters
        4
        The front-entrance broadens into a gallery; the back-entrance tapers into a funnel-neck.
        The Life of the Spider
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        We can't wait to find out what this water funnel thing is!
        Wired
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        Publication bias was detected by the funnel plot method using Egger's test.
        Pubmed
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        The insects came to the light, circled over the funnel and disappeared.
        The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
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        The video games funnel kids' competitive urges into various kinds of exercise.
        Reuters
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        Unfortunately, the funnel clouds also hurtled some of it back at Questor.
        The Black Unicorn
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        Do you observe nothing strange at the spout end of the funnel.
        Tales of Terror and Mystery
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        The variety poured through this funnel of the mountains comprised all classes.
        The Rules of the Game
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        From the roof arose a funnel, and out of the funnel smoke.
        The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
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        Through this funnel the heated air ascended straight up into the balloon.
        Wonderful Balloon Ascents; Or, The Conquest of the Skies / A His...
        14
        One is formed like a steam-engine the smoke passing through the funnel.
        Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commer...
        15
        Langdon motioned to the tiered area at the bottom of the funnel.
        Inferno
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        The packet hurtled into the funnel almost at the speed of light.
        Engineering Infinity
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        Translations for funnel
        Catalan
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        Funnel through the time
        Funnel across language varieties
        United States of America
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        United Kingdom
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