funnel
• noun 1 a utensil that is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, used for guiding liquid or powder into a small opening. 2 a metal chimney on a ship or steam engine. • verb (funnelled, funnelling; US funneled, funneling) guide or move through or as if through a funnel. — ORIGIN Provençal fonilh, from Latin fundibulum, from infundere ‘pour into’.
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