n.
- a utensil that is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, used for guiding liquid or powder into a small opening.
- a metal chimney on a ship or steam engine.
v.
(funnels, funnelling, funnelled; US funnels, funneling, funneled)
- guide or move through or as if through a funnel.
- assume the shape of a funnel.
Etymology
ME: appar. via OFr. from Provençal fonilh, from late L. fundibulum, from L. infundibulum, from infundere ‘pour into’.