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funnel-like

  • a word derived from funnel.
    funnel
    noun
    a cone-shaped utensil with a tube at the apex for conducting liquid or other substance through a small opening, as into a bottle, jug, or the like.

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They spin a variety of amazing webs, from the typical orb web, with its hub-and-spoke pattern, to funnel-like tube webs and sheet webs that can drape over an entire landscape like a shroud.

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 2026

With its narrow and funnel-like paths, the grounds of Roland Garros are frequently congested and it is often slow to move from court to court.

From Washington Times Apr. 21, 2023

People wrongly focus on funnel-like cone for where the hurricane is forecast to go instead of what it will do in specific locations, said MIT meteorology professor Kerry Emanuel.

From Seattle Times Oct. 7, 2022

But this part of southern Wyoming — where the Rocky Mountains drop down in elevation, creating a funnel-like effect — is streaked with thick veins of dark blue.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2022

At the angles are funnel-like openings for nets or basket traps.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann