funnels
Liquid directing cones
Funnels are cone-shaped devices with a wide top and narrow bottom, used to channel liquids or powders into containers with small openings.
The shape suggests the verb: to funnel something is to direct it through a narrow passage or toward a specific destination.
Traffic funnels through a bottleneck; money funnels into offshore accounts.
In marketing, a funnel describes the narrowing journey from many potential customers to few actual buyers: Our sales funnel converts about 3% of leads.
Tapered solid, circular base
- taperedGradually narrowing in width
- flaredSpread gradually outward
- bellHollow resonating instrument
- invertedTurned opposite way
narrow · spout · nozzle · neck · opening · rim · stem · cylindrical
Passage for transmission
- directUndeviating or to guide
- guideLeader or instruction book
- pipeHollow conveyance channel
- tubeHollow cylindrical passage
passage · chute · duct · flow · convey · route · pathway · drain
Free-flowing substance
- transferMove between locations
- pourSend liquid streaming out
- fillMake something full
- decantTransfer liquid carefully
bottle · container · vessel · measure · dispense · oil · gasoline · flask
Act of changing states
- salesRevenue from goods moved
- pipelineLong-distance fluid transport tube
- leadsGoes in front
- prospectsExpected future outcomes
customers · stages · click-through · optimization · analytics · dropoff · retention · acquisition
Of small width
- convergeMeet at a point
- focusConcentrated attention point
- consolidateUnite separate things
- streamlineRemove unnecessary elements
bottleneck · compress · squeeze · taper · constrict · gather · centralize · pool
cone
Tapered solid, circular base
inverted · narrow · spout · nozzle · neck · opening · rim · stem · cylindrical · conical
channel
Passage for transmission
tube · passage · chute · duct · flow · convey · route · pathway · drain · siphon
liquid
Free-flowing substance
decant · bottle · container · vessel · measure · dispense · oil · gasoline · flask · jar
conversion
Act of changing states
prospects · customers · stages · click-through · optimization · analytics · dropoff · retention · acquisition · journey
narrow
Of small width
- convergeMeet at a point
- focusConcentrated attention point
- consolidateUnite separate things
streamline · bottleneck · compress · squeeze · taper · constrict · gather · centralize · pool · aggregate
- kitchenwarepot, pan, pots, pans, knife
- huntingdeer hunting, hunting rifle, hunters, tracking, hunting license
- contraption partsgears, levers, pulleys, ramps, wheels
- analyticsanalytics, metrics, dashboards, KPI, dashboard
- film photography35mm film, camera, roll film, lens, negatives
- laboratory glassbeakers, test tubes, flasks, pipettes, graduated cylinders
funnelsdiffusers
Things that spread outward
spreaders · dispersers · sprayers · sprinklers · distributors
- 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