different between funnel vs dracaena

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?f?n?l/
• Rhymes: -?n?l

Etymology 1

From Middle English funell, fonel, probably through Old French *founel (compare Middle French fonel, Old Occitan fonilh, enfounilh), from Latin fundibulum, infundibulum (“funnel”), from infundere (“to pour in”);in (“in”) + fundere (“to pour”); compare Breton founilh (“funnel”), Welsh ffynel (“air hole, chimney”). See fuse.

Noun

funnel (plural funnels)

1. 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.
2. A passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance; specifically, a smoke flue or pipe; the chimney of a steamship or the like.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• tundish

Verb

funnel (third-person singular simple present funnels, present participle funnelling or funneling, simple past and past participle funnelled or funneled)

1. (transitive) To use a funnel.
2. (intransitive) To proceed through a narrow gap or passageway akin to a funnel; to condense or narrow.
   • 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[1]

     A line of clocks in our cheap hotel displays the time in Lagos, Bucharest, Kiev: the capitals of pilgrims who come to kneel at the birthplace of Christ. In reality the entire world funnels through the Church of the Nativity.

3. (transitive) To channel, direct, or focus (emotions, money, resources, etc.).
4. (transitive) To consume (beer, etc.) rapidly through a funnel, typically as a stunt at a party.

Derived terms

• refunnel

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

funnel (plural funnels)

1. Alternative form of fummel (“hybrid animal”)

English

Etymology

From Latin.

Noun

dracaena (plural dracaenas)

1. (botany) Any of the genus Dracaena of liliaceous plants with woody stems and funnel-shaped flowers.

See also

• dracaena on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• dracaena on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Latin

Etymology

Romanized form of the Ancient Greek ???????? (drákaina, “she-dragon”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /dra?kae?.na/, [d??ä?käe?nä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /dra?t??e.na/, [d????t????n?]

Noun

dracaena f (genitive dracaenae); first declension

1. a she-dragon
2. vocative singular of dracaena

Declension

First-declension noun.

Noun

dracaen? f

1. ablative singular of dracaena

Spanish

Noun

dracaena f (plural dracaenas)

1. dracaena