Funnel

Quick meaning: Funnel is a noun meaning A passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance; specifically, a smoke flue or pipe; the chimney of a steamship or the like.

Meaning

A passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance; specifically, a smoke flue or pipe; the chimney of a steamship or the like.

More Meanings

1. (meteorology) Ellipsis of funnel cloud.
2. (transitive) To use a funnel.
3. (intransitive) To proceed through a narrow gap or passageway akin to a funnel; to condense or narrow.
4. (transitive) To channel, direct, or focus (emotions, money, resources, etc.).
5. (transitive) To consume (beer, etc.) rapidly through a funnel, typically as a stunt at a party.
6. (marketing, figurative) Ellipsis of purchase funnel (“the process of customer acquisition conceptualized as a series of stages, from initial awareness (top) to sale or conversion (bottom)”).
7. A utensil in the shape of an inverted hollow cone terminating in a narrow pipe, for channeling liquids or granular material; typically used when transferring said substances from any container into ones with a significantly smaller opening.

Example Sentences

top of (the) funnel marketing

Expect delays where the traffic funnels down to one lane.

Our taxes are being funnelled into pointless government initiatives.

Like so many others, I was awestruck by the first season, which captured a moment in time and successfully funnelled its rage outwards at a world in which women are indeed silenced, controlled and killed by men.

Word Forms

• funnels
• funneling
• funnelling
• funneled
• funnelled

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include flue, fireplace, chimney, pipeline, mantelpiece, channel.

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