Drain and Funnel

Drain

Drain noun - Emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it.

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Funnel and drain are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Funnel" instead a noun "Drain".

Nearby Words: drained, draining, drainage

Funnel

Funnel noun - A conically shaped utensil having a narrow tube at the small end; used to channel the flow of substances into a container with a small mouth.

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Synonyms for Funnel

Drain and funnel are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Drain" instead a noun "Funnel".

Nearby Word: funnelled

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How words are described

physical	physical drain	physical funnel
proper	proper drain	proper funnel
small	small drain	small funnel
massive	massive drain	massive funnel
Other adjectives: big, huge, giant.

Common collocations

energy	drain energy	funnel energy
heat	drain heat	funnel heat
power	drain power	funnel power
people	drain people	funnel people
Other words: money, intelligence, water, enemy, forces, powers, victims, enemies, amounts.

Both words in one sentence

Which makes it nightmarish when her eye finally detaches from her remaining face, rolls around and goes spiraling in the funnel like it was going down a drain.

Source: Eyes Are Unbreakable
In the film Urban Legend a guy is killed by having his hands tied to a toilet and pop rocks and drain cleaner are forced down his throat through a funnel.

Source: Force Feeding

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