Définition "funnel" dans le dictionnaire Collins English Dictionary & Thesaurus

funnel (funnels plural & 3rd person present) (funnelling present participle) (funnelled past tense & past participle )
in AM, use funneling, funneled

1 n-count A funnel is an object with a wide, circular top and a narrow short tube at the bottom. Funnels are used to pour liquids into containers which have a small opening, for example bottles.

2 n-count A funnel is a metal chimney on a ship or railway engine powered by steam.
...a merchantman with three masts and two funnels.

3 n-count You can describe as a funnel something that is narrow, or narrow at one end, through which a substance flows and is directed.
These fires create convection funnels, and throw a lot of particles into the upper atmosphere.

4 verb If something funnels somewhere or is funnelled there, it is directed through a narrow space.
The winds came from the north, across the plains, funnelling down the valley... V adv/prep

5 verb If you funnel money, goods, or information from one place or group to another, you cause it to be sent there as it becomes available. (=channel)
Its Global Programme on AIDS funnelled money from donors to governments... V n prep/adv