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Plural of funnel

regular plural

The plural of funnel is funnels.

Forms of funnel

Singularfunnel /ˈfʌnəl/
Pluralfunnels
Countablecountable

Funnels in a sentence

  • Expect delays where the traffic funnels down to one lane.
  • Thick smoke belched through the funnels of the steamship.From the entry belch
  • The heartpiece of the plant consists of several horizontal hot gas funnels and corresponding vertical material funnels (Fig. 1).2009 September 28, John B. Wachtman, 51st Conference on Glass Problems, Volume 12, Issue 3/4 (Ceramic Engineering and Science…. From the entry heartpiece
  • In these funnels the cold cullet flows from the top to the bottom by means of the force of gravity and is heated up by the hot waste gas.2009 September 28, John B. Wachtman, 51st Conference on Glass Problems, Volume 12, Issue 3/4 (Ceramic Engineering and Science…. From the entry heartpiece

Meaning of funnel

  1. noun 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.
  2. noun A passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance; specifically, a smoke flue or pipe; the chimney of a steamship or the like.
  3. verb To use a funnel.

Full definition of funnel

Questions about the plural of funnel

What is the plural of funnel?
The plural of funnel is funnels.
Is funnel countable?
Funnel is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: funnel (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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