Funnel

[fuhn-l] /ˈfʌn l/

noun
1.
a cone-shaped utensil with a tube at the apex for conducting liquid or other substance through a small opening, as into a bottle, jug, or the like.
2.
a smokestack, especially of a steamship.
3.
a flue, tube, or shaft, as for ventilation.
4.
Eastern New England. a stovepipe.
verb (used with object), funneled, funneling or (especially British) funnelled, funnelling.
5.
to concentrate, channel, or focus:
They funneled all income into research projects.
6.
to pour through or as if through a funnel.
verb (used without object), funneled, funneling or (especially British) funnelled, funnelling.
7.
to pass through or as if through a funnel.
/ˈfʌnəl/
noun
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.
something resembling this in shape or function
3.
a smokestack for smoke and exhaust gases, as on a steamship or steam locomotive
4.
a shaft or tube, as in a building, for ventilation
verb -nels, nelling, -nelled (US) -nels, -neling, -neled
5.
to move or cause to move or pour through or as if through a funnel
6.
to concentrate or focus or be concentrated or focused in a particular direction: they funnelled their attention on the problem
7.
(intransitive) to take on a funnel-like shape
n.

c.1400, from Middle French fonel, from Provençal enfounilh, “a word from the Southern wine trade” [Weekley], 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)).
v.

1590s, from funnel (n.). Related: Funneled; funneling.