English-German translations for funnel

• Trichter der
  Wenn man Gänsen einen Trichter in den Rachen schiebt und sie mit Mais zwangsfüttert, dann fügt man ihnen zwangsläufig Schmerzen und Leid zu. If you stick a funnel down a goose's throat and force-feed it with maize, there is no way that you are not causing suffering or injury.
  Die Kommission und der Rat beschließen, der Rat beschließt, die Kommission folgt, das Parlament ist der Jasager, dann kommt der Trichter, und es rutscht und rutscht und rutscht und läuft hinein. The Commission and the Council decide, the Council decides, the Commission follows, Parliament does its yes man act, you get the funnel and everything slides, slides, slides and in it goes.
• Schlot der

Definition of funnel

• 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
• To use#Verb|use a funnel#Noun|funnel
• To channel#Verb|channel, direct#Verb|direct, or focus#Verb|focus (emotions, money, resource#Noun|resources, etc
• To consume rapidly through a funnel, typically as a stunt#Noun|stunt at a party#Noun|party

Examples

• Expect delays where the traffic funnels down to one lane
• Our taxes are being funnelled into pointless government initiatives

Related words

• funnel cake
• funnel chanterelle
• funnel cloud
• funnel chest
• Büchner funnel
• separating funnel
• Hirsch funnel
• cloud funnel
• common funnel