funnel

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

fun·nel [funnel funnels funnelled funneled funnelling funneling] noun, verb BrE [ˈfʌnl] NAmE [ˈfʌnl]
noun
1. a device that is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, used for pouring liquids or powders into a small opening
2. (BrE) (also smoke·stack NAmE, BrE)a metal ↑chimney, for example on a ship or an engine, through which smoke comes out

Word Origin:
late Middle English: apparently via Old French from Provençal fonilh, from late Latin fundibulum, from Latin infundibulum, from infundere, from in- ‘into’ + fundere ‘pour’.
 
verb (-ll-, especially US -l-)intransitive, transitive
to move or make sth move through a narrow space, or as if through a ↑funnel
•(+ adv./prep.) Wind was funnelling through the gorge.
•~ sth (+ adv./prep.) Huge pipes funnel the water down the mountainside.
•Barricades funnelled the crowds towards the square.
• (figurative)Some $10 million in aid was funnelled into the country through government agencies.
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Word Origin:
late Middle English: apparently via Old French from Provençal fonilh, from late Latin fundibulum, from Latin infundibulum, from infundere, from in- ‘into’ + fundere ‘pour’.
 
See also: ↑smokestack