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funnel 1, noun(dictionary)
pial funnel(medicine)
funnel 2, verb(dictionary)
funnel breast(medicine)
Martegiani's funnel(medicine)
Funnel chest(medicine)
Buchner funnel(medicine)

vicariad (iou) and funnel (iou)


vicariad (iou)



vicariad noun. M20.
[formed as VICARIANT + -AD1.]
Ecology. = VICARIANT noun.

funnel (iou)



funnel noun & verb. LME.

A. noun.
A cone with a small hole or tube at the apex for guiding liquid (orig. esp. Wine), powder, etc., through a narrow opening. LME.
A tube or shaft for lighting or ventilating; esp. the chimney of a steam engine or ship. M16.
b. The flue of a chimney. L17.
Nautical. A cylindrical band of metal; esp. as fitted to the head of a mast, to which the rigging is attached. L17.
Any funnel-shaped thing; Zoology a funnel-shaped organ; a funnel-shaped opening or shaft in rocks etc. E18.
Comb.: funnel beaker Archaeology a pottery vessel with a flaring neck (Funnel Beaker Culture, a prehistoric culture of northern Europe characterized by the use of funnel beakers); funnel cake US a cake made of batter that is poured through a funnel into hot fat or oil, deep-fried until crisp, and served sprinkled with sugar; funnel cap a common edible European mushroom, Clitocybe infundibuliformis, with a cream-coloured funnel-shaped cap; funnel cloud a rotating funnel-shaped cloud forming the core of a tornado or waterspout; funnel-web (a) a spider's web with a funnel-shape; (b) Austral. colloq. = funnel-web spider (a) below; funnel-web spider a spider which builds a funnel-shaped web; esp. (a) one of the family Dipluridae, spec. the highly venomous Atrax robustus of eastern Australia; (b) US one of the family Agelenidae. funnel-web tarantula = funnel-web spider (a) above.
b. verb. Infl. -ll-, *-l-.
verb intrans. Issue (out) or rise (up) (as) from a funnel or in a funnel-shaped cloud; move (as) through a funnel. L16.
S. Plath From between two hills a sudden wind funnels at me. I. Banks The children were entering the forest, funnelling into the path between the pines.
verb trans. Cause to move (as) through a funnel; direct, channel. E20.
Scientific American Three magnetic spectrometers, which funnel the electrons into a system of detectors. D. Arkell Could he funnel those bursting energies down narrow scholastic paths?
funnelled ppl adjective (a) provided with a funnel or funnels; funnel-shaped; (b) directed (as) through a funnel: L18.