Funnel (disambiguation)

Funnel (disambiguation)

The word funnel has several meanings.

* A funnel is a conical device for channelling fluids or other substances into narrow openings.
* The chimney of a ship is often called a funnel.
* A funnel cloud (aloft) is a quickly rotating column of air usually below a cumulonimbus cloud but more generally under a cumiliform cloud which does not produce fast winds at the surface
* The visible part of a tornado (ignoring a debris cloud), or as an all inclusive term including funnel cloud aloft, is known as a condensation funnel.
* Funnel cake is a fried batter desert.
* A major series of interchanges in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, located near Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, is locally referred to as the Funnel.


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