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. 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.

2. Myron Levine:

   I've been in this business a very long time -- a half a century, a vaccine pipeline is the shape of a funnel. A lot of things go in one end ; very few things survive.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. John Fraser:

   Investors are asking for tightened restricted payments capabilities so that the borrower can’t funnel anywhere near as much or maybe any money out to equity investors before they start repaying the debt.