Synonyms for funnel
ˈfʌn lfun·nel

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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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1. funnelnoun

   Synonyms:
   tunnel

2. funnelnoun

   Synonyms:
   chimney-flue

3. funnelnoun

   Synonyms:
   stove-pipe

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1. funnelnoun

   Synonyms:
   tunnel

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1. List of paraphrases for "funnel":

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

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1. Heritage Action:

   The bill would require the U.S. Treasury to mint coins that would funnel up to $4.75 million to Dallas-based Susan G. Komen -- an organization that notoriously funds abortion giant Planned Parenthood.

2. 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.

3. Stefan Smith:

   What they're trying to do is funnel everybody into this casino ... and hopefully keep them there and hopefully inoculate them from bad news, (The goal is to) make it harder to get voters out of their ecosystem so that they can save them for November.

4. Naomi Steinberg:

   So to suggest that the solution for Syrian refugees in Jordan is to simply funnel more money into refugee camps in Jordan is erroneous.

5. Detroit Mayor Jim Trett:

   Lake Detroit's the same topography : three canyons coming down like a funnel into the city of Paradise at the bottom of the funnel, when I heard that two years ago I said, that's Lake Detroit.