a cone-shaped utensil with a tube at the apex for conducting liquid or other substance through a small opening, as into a bottle, jug, or the like.

a smokestack, esp. of a steamship.

a flue, tube, or shaft, as for ventilation.

Eastern New England . a stovepipe.

to concentrate, channel, or focus

They funneled all income into research projects.

to pour through or as if through a funnel.

to pass through or as if through a funnel.

verb

carry , channel , conduct , convey , filter , move , pass , pipe , pour , siphon , traject , transmit , cone , focus