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Word: Funnel
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English: apparently via Old French from Provençal fonilh, from late Latin fundibulum, from Latin infundibulum, from infundere, from in- ‘into’ + fundere ‘pour’
ˈfʌnl
a tube or pipe that is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, used for guiding liquid or powder into a small opening.
Short Definition:tube with wide top and narrow bottom
a metal chimney on a ship or steam engine.
Short Definition:metal chimney on ship etc.
Word: Funnel
Speech Type: Verb
ˈfʌnl
guide or channel (something) through or as if through a funnel
Short Definition:guide through or as if through funnel
Examples:- some $12.8 billion was funnelled through the Marshall Plan
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