Dictionary Entry
funnel
funnel is a 6-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A vessel of the shape of an inverted hollow cone, terminating below in a pipe, and used for conveying liquids into a close vessel; a tunnel. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 13 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
A vessel of the shape of an inverted hollow cone, terminating below in a pipe, and used for conveying liquids into a close vessel; a tunnel.
- 2transitive verb
A passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance; specifically, a smoke flue or pipe; the iron chimney of a steamship or the like.
- 3noun
(nautical) smokestack consisting of a shaft for ventilation or the passage of smoke (especially the smokestack of a ship)
- 4noun
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
- 5noun
a conical shape with a wider and a narrower opening at the two ends
- 6verb
move or pour through a funnel
"funnel the liquid into the small bottle"
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