funnel
Liquid-guiding cone
A funnel is a cone-shaped device with a tube at the narrow end, used to channel liquids or powders into containers with small openings: She used a funnel to pour oil into the engine.
The shape extends to anything that narrows: a funnel cloud tapers toward the ground.
To funnel is to move through a constricting passage or to direct flow: Traffic funneled through the single open lane, They funneled money into offshore accounts.
In marketing, a funnel tracks potential customers through stages from awareness to purchase.
Tapered solid, circular base
- taperedGradually narrowing in width
- hourglassGravity-powered sand timer
- vortexRotating fluid column
- bellHollow resonating instrument
trumpet · megaphone · cornucopia · spout · chimney · inverted · narrow · conical
Send liquid streaming out
- directUndeviating or to guide
- guideLeader or instruction book
- routePath from A to B
- pipeHollow conveyance channel
tube · conduit · duct · spout · siphon · hose · chute · trough
Violent rotating windstorm
- waterspoutMarine vortex phenomenon
- cycloneRotating low-pressure storm system
- vortexRotating fluid column
- cloudAtmospheric water vapor mass
storm · twister · wind · spiral · rotation · updraft · debris · formation
Laboratory measuring container
- flaskPortable liquid container
- pipetteGraduated liquid transfer tube
- buretteCalibrated tube for titration
- graduatedCompleted formal studies
cylinder · filtration · separatory · glass · stem · filter paper · retort · decanting
Constriction limiting throughput
- constrictionTightening or narrowing action
- convergenceProcess of approaching sameness
- chokepointNarrow passage limiting movement
- taperingProgressive decrease in width
restriction · compression · pinchpoint · squeeze · concentrate · consolidate · reduce · contract
cone
Tapered solid, circular base
bell · trumpet · megaphone · cornucopia · spout · chimney · inverted · narrow · conical · flared
pour
Send liquid streaming out
pipe · tube · conduit · duct · spout · siphon · hose · chute · trough · passage
tornado
Violent rotating windstorm
- waterspoutMarine vortex phenomenon
- cycloneRotating low-pressure storm system
- vortexRotating fluid column
cloud · storm · twister · wind · spiral · rotation · updraft · debris · formation · supercell
beaker
Laboratory measuring container
- flaskPortable liquid container
- pipetteGraduated liquid transfer tube
- buretteCalibrated tube for titration
graduated · cylinder · filtration · separatory · glass · stem · filter paper · retort · decanting · analytical
bottleneck
Constriction limiting throughput
- constrictionTightening or narrowing action
- convergenceProcess of approaching sameness
- chokepointNarrow passage limiting movement
tapering · restriction · compression · pinchpoint · squeeze · concentrate · consolidate · reduce · contract · tighten
strainer
Perforated draining vessel
pour · decant · canning · oil · batter · pitcher · bottle · jar · liquid · measuring
conversion
Act of changing states
stages · awareness · consideration · purchase · retention · clicks · prospects · customers · analytics · optimization
- chemistry labbeaker, flask, test tube, pipette, burner
- Tornadoestornado, twister, vortex, supercell, cyclone
- fluid handlingpump, pipe, hose, valve, nozzle
- kitchen toolsknife, fork, spoon, spatula, whisk
- kitchen utensilsspatula, whisk, ladle, tongs, peeler
- Lab Stuffpipette, flask, beaker, test tube, microscope
funnelscatter
Distribute in random directions
disperse · spread · diversify · decentralize · distribute
- funnel cakesFried dough with sugar
- funnel cloudRotating condensation pendant
- sales funnelStaged buying journey model
- funnel webVenomous spider genus
- funnel web spiderToxic burrowing arachnid
- funnel-web spiderToxic Australian arachnid species
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