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Synonyms for funnel
ˈfʌn lfun·nel

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Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. funnel, funnel shapenoun

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

    Synonyms:
    funnel shape

  2. funnelnoun

    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

    Synonyms:
    funnel shape

  3. funnelverb

    (nautical) smokestack consisting of a shaft for ventilation or the passage of smoke (especially the smokestack of a ship)

    Synonyms:
    funnel shape

  4. funnelverb

    move or pour through a funnel

    "funnel the liquid into the small bottle"

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. funnelnoun

    Synonyms:
    tunnel

  2. funnelnoun

    Synonyms:
    chimney-flue

  3. funnelnoun

    Synonyms:
    stove-pipe

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. funnelnoun

    Synonyms:
    tunnel

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "funnel":

    micropyle, funnels, hopper, cone, chimney, pyramid, fireplace

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#9634fireplace
#10885cone
#11571pyramid
#15658chimney
#15859hopper
#25236funnel
#61728funnels

How to use funnel in a sentence?

  1. Robert Riley:

    You can't save those extra doses until tomorrow, you've got to try and get them into people, and they're trying to use that as the funnel for getting the volunteers caught up, the people that have the qualifications to help have been willing to do so.

  2. Ilhan Omar:

    We are a nation of tremendous wealth. Hunger in this country is the result of policies that keep wages low and funnel wealth to the top. It is the result of a political system that says it is OK to spend money on tax breaks for millionaires and the same companies who taint our economy, but we can't afford to fund meals for our kids in the streets.

  3. Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee:

    What's really happening here is that Washington politicians are using the crisis in Flint as an excuse to funnel taxpayer money to their own home states, and trying to sneak it through the Senate without proper debate and amendment, i respectfully object.

  4. Kevin Paffrath:

    Unless, of course, we want to keep seeing billions of dollars going into a funnel and get wasted.

  5. Jeremy Swayman:

    They like to funnel pucks from all angles, they get good traffic in front. You've got to do whatever you can to prevent those rebounds.


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