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# funnel

«funnel» in Mova's school dictionary: **a tube that is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a funnel, funnels); verb (funnel, funnels, funnelled/funneled, funnelling/funneling)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A funnel is a tube that is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, used to pour liquids or powders into a small opening. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/funnel/#m1)

2) A funnel is also a chimney on a ship or steam train. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/funnel/#m2)

3) A funnel cloud is the spinning, cone-shaped cloud of a tornado. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/funnel/#m3)

4) To funnel means to move things or people through a narrow space. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/funnel/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science and cooking a funnel helps pour without spilling, e.g. when separating mixtures with filter paper. In weather, a funnel cloud is a sign of a tornado. Phrases: «funnel cloud», «pour through a funnel», «filter funnel».

### examples

- Use a funnel to pour the water into the bottle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/funnel/#x1)
- We put filter paper in the funnel to separate sand from water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/funnel/#x2)
- The ship had three red funnels. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/funnel/#x3)
- A funnel cloud came down from the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/funnel/#x4)
- The crowd was funnelled through one gate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/funnel/#x5)
- Mum used a funnel to fill the salt shaker. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/funnel/#x6)
- The steam train puffed smoke from its funnel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/funnel/#x7)
- And hop! hop! without hesitating, the rats took the leap, swam straight to the funnel, plunged in head foremost and disappeared. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/funnel/#x8)

### note

Countable. UK doubles l (funnelled); US often one l (funneled). A tornado funnel cloud is dangerous: go indoors to the lowest floor away from windows.

### In the corpora

- [A squid moves fast by jet propulsion: it squirts water out through a funnel called a siphon and shoots the other way.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/39-octopuses-squid-and-cuttlefish/16/)
- [Not all spiders build round webs: some build funnels, sheets or tangles, and some build none at all.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/147-spider-man-real-spider-silk-and-webs/12/)
- [In Australia, a firm pressure bandage and keeping the limb still is the first aid for snake and funnel-web spider bites.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions/17/)
- [In Australia, redback and funnel-web spiders hide in shoes and under outdoor toilet seats, so shake shoes and check seats.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/238-bites-and-things-you-find/2/)
- [In Australia, shake out shoes and check outdoor toilet seats, because redback and funnel-web spiders hide there.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/238-bites-and-things-you-find/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «funnel» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/funnel/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.