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. 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.

2. Thor Eells:

   When you think about it, making entry -- announced or unannounced -- is very high risk, you're going through a' fatal funnel,' where the bad guy could fire rounds blindly at a doorway and have a chance of hitting us. If we don't have to go through, we don't want to. Who benefits from making an entry ? The answer is the bad guy. So we'd say, that's a tactically unsound decision.

3. Julia Barnes:

   The only number that matters to anybody is the win number, right? i'm looking to build an infrastructure that's going to take the energy that started before us and funnel it into something real. The biggest part of any campaign is spending the time and investing the resources in recruiting, training and motivating volunteers.

4. Jeremy Swayman:

   They like to funnel pucks from all angles, they get good traffic in front. You've got to do whatever you can to prevent those rebounds.

5. Robert Solomon:

   Maybe his goal was to limit the number of access points, to funnel everyone through a single entrance point, that is perfectly acceptable as long as I have all these other doors for people that are already inside that need to get out in an emergency.