English-Swedish translations for funnel

• tratt en
  Om man sticker ned en tratt i halsen på en gås och tvångsmatar den med majs, är det omöjligt att inte orsaka lidande eller skada.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.
  Kommissionen och rådet fattar beslut. Rådet fattar beslut, kommissionen följer och parlamentet svansar efter och resultatet blir en tratt i vilken allting kanar ned.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.

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