Funnel
noun
A tube or pipe that is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, used for guiding liquid or powder into a small opening.
She poured the oil into the engine using a funnel.
Often appears as...
- use a funnel
- plastic funnel
verb
To guide or channel something through a particular route or to a particular destination.
The government is funneling money into the health care system.
Often appears as...
- funnel money into
- funnel resources into
noun
A smokestack, especially of a steamship or steam locomotive.
You could see smoke coming from the ship's funnel.
Often appears as...
- ship funnel
- steam funnel
noun
In business and marketing, describes a method of attracting and retaining customers.
We used a sales funnel to track the customer journey from first contact to purchase.
Often appears as...
- sales funnel
- marketing funnel
noun
A tube or pipe that is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, used for guiding liquid or powder into a small opening.
She poured the oil into the engine using a funnel.
Often appears as...
- use a funnel
- plastic funnel
verb
To guide or channel something through a particular route or to a particular destination.
The government is funneling money into the health care system.
Often appears as...
- funnel money into
- funnel resources into
noun
A smokestack, especially of a steamship or steam locomotive.
You could see smoke coming from the ship's funnel.
Often appears as...
- ship funnel
- steam funnel
noun
In business and marketing, describes a method of attracting and retaining customers.
We used a sales funnel to track the customer journey from first contact to purchase.
Often appears as...
- sales funnel
- marketing funnel
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Object
Refers to a tangible item used to pour substances through a narrow entrance.
Get a funnel to fill the jar with rice.
Pro Tip 2/2Common Kitchenware
A funnel is often found in kitchens for transferring liquids.
I need a funnel to transfer the soup into the bottle.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Object
Refers to a tangible item used to pour substances through a narrow entrance.
Get a funnel to fill the jar with rice.
Pro Tip 2/2Common Kitchenware
A funnel is often found in kitchens for transferring liquids.
I need a funnel to transfer the soup into the bottle.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Object
Refers to a tangible item used to pour substances through a narrow entrance.
Get a funnel to fill the jar with rice.
Pro Tip 2/2Common Kitchenware
A funnel is often found in kitchens for transferring liquids.
I need a funnel to transfer the soup into the bottle.
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Ben Goldacre: Battling...
And this is the most important aspect of the whole story. It's at the top of the pyramid of evidence. We need to have all of the data on a particular treatment to know whether or not it really is effective. There are two different ways you can spot whether some data has gone missing. You can use statistics or you can use stories. I prefer statistics, so that's what I'll do first. This is a funnel plot.
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How do tornadoes form? -...
that connect with the ground via a funnel of cloud. When that happens, they tear across the Earth, posing a huge threat to life and property. Because of this, there's a great deal of research into these phenomena, but the truth is, there's still a lot we don't know about how tornadoes form.
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How to make a sad story...
The narrative style draws upon the perspective of children to infuse a tragic story with poignant humor. When the adults funnel decades of tensions over race, class, and family dynamics into their expectations for their children’s behavior, you can’t help but chuckle with recognition when,
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The three different ways...
Its placenta, a solid disk of blood-rich tissue, attaches to the wall of the uterus to support the developing embryo. The placenta is what keeps the calf alive during pregnancy. Directly connected to the mother's blood supply, it funnels nutrients and oxygen straight into the calf's body
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Abseiling Down the...
directly beneath me is dropping straight into the funnel it's broke turbulent it would be like dropping into the world work world hopeful suicide it was going to have a look down there and get a better view of it over yeah you know what as well from this angle I can see a
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Why can’t governments...
Encouraging lending this way should help companies of all sizes borrow money to funnel into projects and hires, boosting the economy over time in addition to helping the government supply people with urgently needed cash in the short term.
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Tornadoes 101 PIPE National...
tornadoes big funnel shaped clouds that can rip through a community and leave a wake of destruction they can form in seconds change direction in a heartbeat and their devastation can last a lifetime exactly how and why tornadoes
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Ami Klin: A new way to...
measures of how people, how little babies, how newborns, engage with the world, moment by moment. What is important and what is not. Well, we created those measures, and here, what you see is what we call a funnel of attention.
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Training Critical...
students get into the into the classroom students open your ears professor funnel in pour in your information shouldn't memorize student writing exam student bus shouldn't find
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Toe-stabbing Spider PIPE...
fangs our pincer-like but the funnel webs are hardened and act like daggers to work these daggers they must raise their bodies up and strike down
Video examples
Ben Goldacre: Battling...
And this is the most important aspect of the whole story. It's at the top of the pyramid of evidence. We need to have all of the data on a particular treatment to know whether or not it really is effective. There are two different ways you can spot whether some data has gone missing. You can use statistics or you can use stories. I prefer statistics, so that's what I'll do first. This is a funnel plot.
Video examples
How do tornadoes form? -...
that connect with the ground via a funnel of cloud. When that happens, they tear across the Earth, posing a huge threat to life and property. Because of this, there's a great deal of research into these phenomena, but the truth is, there's still a lot we don't know about how tornadoes form.
Video examples
How to make a sad story...
The narrative style draws upon the perspective of children to infuse a tragic story with poignant humor. When the adults funnel decades of tensions over race, class, and family dynamics into their expectations for their children’s behavior, you can’t help but chuckle with recognition when,
Video examples
The three different ways...
Its placenta, a solid disk of blood-rich tissue, attaches to the wall of the uterus to support the developing embryo. The placenta is what keeps the calf alive during pregnancy. Directly connected to the mother's blood supply, it funnels nutrients and oxygen straight into the calf's body
Video examples
Abseiling Down the...
directly beneath me is dropping straight into the funnel it's broke turbulent it would be like dropping into the world work world hopeful suicide it was going to have a look down there and get a better view of it over yeah you know what as well from this angle I can see a
Video examples
Why can’t governments...
Encouraging lending this way should help companies of all sizes borrow money to funnel into projects and hires, boosting the economy over time in addition to helping the government supply people with urgently needed cash in the short term.
Video examples
Tornadoes 101 PIPE National...
tornadoes big funnel shaped clouds that can rip through a community and leave a wake of destruction they can form in seconds change direction in a heartbeat and their devastation can last a lifetime exactly how and why tornadoes
Video examples
Ami Klin: A new way to...
measures of how people, how little babies, how newborns, engage with the world, moment by moment. What is important and what is not. Well, we created those measures, and here, what you see is what we call a funnel of attention.
Video examples
Training Critical...
students get into the into the classroom students open your ears professor funnel in pour in your information shouldn't memorize student writing exam student bus shouldn't find
Video examples
Toe-stabbing Spider PIPE...
fangs our pincer-like but the funnel webs are hardened and act like daggers to work these daggers they must raise their bodies up and strike down
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Michael Gerber
American Writer
It's fashionable to use terms like 'sales funnels' to describe the sales process for many companies, and it is true that the funnel design is very appropriate for the digital world, but despite all the prose written on sales funnels and the like, my question is still the same - when do you close your sales, and how long does that take?
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Mia Love
American Politician
The influence I would hope to have is to create an environment where we're not singling Americans out - that we are creating opportunities for all Americans. Not saying, 'I'm going to funnel money into your city so that you're completely dependent on government.
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Peggy Johnson
American Businesswoman
I focus a fair amount of my time on ensuring that we have a good funnel of females coming into the company and then that we're retaining that as well and making sure that we have comfortable environments for them to be successful in.
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Brad Feld
American Businessman
So many companies talk about increasing the number of prospects at the top of the funnel, but they spend remarkably little time making sure actions are taken - on a daily basis - to make sure these prospects convert into paid users.
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Kimberle Williams Crenshaw
American Activist
Ideally, schools should be supportive environments for students. Unfortunately, zero-tolerance policies tend to funnel vulnerable students out of schools and into prisons, low-income jobs, and poverty.
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Owen Jones
British Journalist
The existence of billionaires should sound an alarm: they are the most extreme manifestation of wealth generated by the efforts of millions of people being funnelled into the pockets of a tiny few.
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Eugene Scalia
American Politician
U.S. companies should consider all the implications before signing agreements that give employees carte blanche to funnel company information to law-enforcement agencies.
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Liz Carpenter
American Writer
Instead of looking at life as a narrowing funnel, we can see it ever widening to choose the things we want to do, to take the wisdom we've learned and create something.
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Blueface
American Musician
I feel like my rise is connected to my lyrics, my look, my dance, my character, it all feeds into the same funnel, which is me, myself.
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William Hurt
American Actor
The funnel of deep feeling and profound satisfaction in life comes from the capacity to feel.
Quote examples
Michael Gerber
American Writer
It's fashionable to use terms like 'sales funnels' to describe the sales process for many companies, and it is true that the funnel design is very appropriate for the digital world, but despite all the prose written on sales funnels and the like, my question is still the same - when do you close your sales, and how long does that take?
Quote examples
Mia Love
American Politician
The influence I would hope to have is to create an environment where we're not singling Americans out - that we are creating opportunities for all Americans. Not saying, 'I'm going to funnel money into your city so that you're completely dependent on government.
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Peggy Johnson
American Businesswoman
I focus a fair amount of my time on ensuring that we have a good funnel of females coming into the company and then that we're retaining that as well and making sure that we have comfortable environments for them to be successful in.
Quote examples
Brad Feld
American Businessman
So many companies talk about increasing the number of prospects at the top of the funnel, but they spend remarkably little time making sure actions are taken - on a daily basis - to make sure these prospects convert into paid users.
Quote examples
Kimberle Williams Crenshaw
American Activist
Ideally, schools should be supportive environments for students. Unfortunately, zero-tolerance policies tend to funnel vulnerable students out of schools and into prisons, low-income jobs, and poverty.
Quote examples
Owen Jones
British Journalist
The existence of billionaires should sound an alarm: they are the most extreme manifestation of wealth generated by the efforts of millions of people being funnelled into the pockets of a tiny few.
Quote examples
Eugene Scalia
American Politician
U.S. companies should consider all the implications before signing agreements that give employees carte blanche to funnel company information to law-enforcement agencies.
Quote examples
Liz Carpenter
American Writer
Instead of looking at life as a narrowing funnel, we can see it ever widening to choose the things we want to do, to take the wisdom we've learned and create something.
Quote examples
Blueface
American Musician
I feel like my rise is connected to my lyrics, my look, my dance, my character, it all feeds into the same funnel, which is me, myself.
Quote examples
William Hurt
American Actor
The funnel of deep feeling and profound satisfaction in life comes from the capacity to feel.
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