Word Finder - funnel

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A utensil in the shape of an inverted hollow cone terminating in a narrow pipe, for channeling liquids or granular material; typically used when transferring said substances from any container into ones with a significantly smaller opening.

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A passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance; specifically, a smoke flue or pipe; the chimney of a steamship or the like.

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To use a funnel.

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To proceed through a narrow gap or passageway akin to a funnel; to condense or narrow.

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Expect delays where the traffic funnels down to one lane.

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To channel, direct, or focus (emotions, money, resources, etc.).

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Our taxes are being funnelled into pointless government initiatives.

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To consume (beer, etc.) rapidly through a funnel, typically as a stunt at a party.

We went to the other side of the country to find her more funnel cakes.

Her gaze lingered on the remaining half a funnel cake.

The funnel varies greatly in size and number of its component cells.

The funnel, which is not large, appears to open, as a rule at least, into the segment in front of that which bears the external orifice.

Vezhdovsky's figures of Rhynchelmis agree with those of Bergh in showing the backward growth of the nephridium from the funnel cell.

The internal funnel varies in the same way as in the Oligochaeta in the number of cells which form it.

In both the cavity originally or immediately continuous with the coelom appears first in the funnel and grows backwards.

In the case of gastric dilatation from pyloric obstruction great relief may be afforded by washing out the viscus by means of a long rubber tube, a funnel, and a jug of hot water, as originally suggested by Adolf Kussmaul.

If Deidre found pleasure in funnel cakes and warm socks, she found utter ecstasy in Gabriel's arms.

The orifice of invagination forms a pore which may be closed up or may form a protruding duct or funnel.

There are a clitellum and sperm ducts which though like nephridia have a larger funnel and a less complexly wound duct.

In Hirudo the funnel is not pervious and is composed of a large number of cells.

The oxidation, which is effected by chromic acid and sulphuric acid, is conducted in a flask provided with a funnel and escape tube, and the carbon dioxide formed is swept by a current of dry air, previously freed from carbon dioxide, through a drying tube to a set of potash bulbs and a tube containing soda-lime; if halogens are present, a small wash bottle containing potassium iodide, and a U tube containing glass wool moistened with silver nitrate on one side and strong sulphuric acid on the other, must be inserted between the flask and the drying tube.

Vast p PRINTED If ouds of dust and stones, blown out of the crater and funnel of ie volcano, were hurled into the air and carried for hundreds miles, the finer particles falling to the earth even.

In the so-called "Buchner funnel," the filtering vessel is cylindrical, and the paper receives support by being laid upon its flat perforated bottom.

By means of a piece of stretched rubber tubing, this crucible is supported in the mouth of an ordinary funnel which is connected with an exhausting apparatus; and water holding in suspension fine scrapings of asbestos, purified by boiling with strong hydrochloric acid and washing with water, is run through it, so that the perforated bottom is covered with a layer of felted asbestos.

Use the funnel to pour a few spoonfuls of oil into the bottle.

Is one of windjammer fleet in by the funnel.

Add essential oils to bottle using a funnel.

The funnel shaped earthenware bowl in buff color, bears the design of a mountain goat drawn around it skillfully.

I just take the top off, unscrew the cap, put my funnel in and pour away!

One common scam is the creation of " shadow " domains that funnel users to a site by using deceptive redirects.

The Funnel is very robust, being made from high quality stainless steel and has a polished exterior and a satin finished interior.

After seventeen months the Georgic emerged on 12th December 1944 with one funnel and a stump foremast.

It has a secondary funnel joined to the primary funnel at l = l node.

A temporary funnel was fitted and the Phemius sailed to Hong Kong where her tall funnel was reinstated.

The black funnel is in fact a 50 foot steel tube, some four feet in diameter, sealed at the top.

In addition, using a dome shaped air filter creates the same effect and efficiency as a larger funnel.

Her forward funnel was the first funnel to be toppled.

Using a list of keywords and synonyms provides a wider net for a resource which can then funnel the user to the relevant resource.

Narrow, funnel valleys and dead ends were typically chosen, where migrating herds would be naturally slowed down or brought to a halt.

The kit includes five bags of colored sand, a funnel & brush, paper templates, and a base for constructing sand mandalas.

Note that the funnel in Figure 4 is also a convergent nozzle.

It was roughly 30 stories above the exhaust funnel of one of the plant's three nuclear reactors.

In addition a good decanting funnel should also oxygenate your wine.

The middle part is like a funnel in which you put the peppercorns and holds the lower grinding plate.

For example, northern breeders including skuas funnel through the English Channel into the North Sea on the way to their breeding grounds.

Alumni there are prices ever starting by the funnel including twice-a-day steward.

Her funnel was black with two red bands, and the hull was painted red with green topsides.

Only four days later the MacBrayne red on IONA's apology for a funnel was painted yellow.

More usually, and indeed in nearly every other case among the Oligochaeta and Hirudinea, the coelomic aperture of the nephridium consists of several cells, ciliated like the nephridium itself for a greater or less extent, forming a funnel.

Benham, the tube, though smaller, and with a but little pronounced funnel, has still an intercellular duct.

The network is, however, of the duct of the nephridium, possibly ectodermic in origin, and does not affect the glandular tubes which remain undivided and with one coelomic funnel each.

The last of the infantry hurriedly crossed the bridge, squeezing together as they approached it as if passing through a funnel.

Make a funnel out of the newspaper and tap the seeds into a jar or container.

Coils that funnel hot water are embedded beneath your floor.

You might find a sweater with a waist-cinching self-tie belt, a wide shawl collar, a swingy cut or a funnel neck.

Food choices at Six Flags Great America run the gamut, from pizza to burgers, ice cream, and funnel cakes.

The four story interactive tree house includes twelve splashtastic levels, and the park's lazy river, jumbo whirlpools, mat racing slides, funnel slide, wave pool, and toddler play areas are other great features.

The British Baker - Located in England, the bakery offers some of the sweetest treats in the form of funnel cake, hot and fresh and perfect for the carolers or for listening to caroling.