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Definition of Funnel shape
1. Noun. A conical shape with a wider and a narrower opening at the two ends.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Funnel Shape
Literary usage of Funnel shape
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diseases and Surgery of the Genito-urinary System by Francis Sedgwick Watson, John Henry Cunningham (1908)
"Anterior to the bulb, the funnel shape is resumed, and its opening, or the
continuation of the lumen of the canal at the tip of the cone, ..."
2. Classified and Descriptive Catalogue of the Art Objects of Spanish by Juan Facundo Riaño, South Kensington Museum (1872)
"Plain glass, with spiral white lines and applied ornament, funnel-shape, with
waved lip and ... Plain glass, funnel-shape, with curved neck, and long spout; ..."
3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"... 4 in. long, joined to the base of the cup; the cup funnel- shape, broader and
longer, toothed, the free part of the filaments about 2-3 ..."
4. River and Canal Engineering: The Characteristics of Open Flowing Streams by Edward Skelton Bellasis (1913)
"If the whole estuary is narrowed, and a suitable funnel shape preserved, the
width to be kept open is, relatively to the size of the mouth, no greater than ..."
5. The London Medical Gazette (1834)
"The funnel shape of the sheath is one of the most deh'uc'd point* in the anatomy
... But Mr. G. mistakes; it is not upon the thigh that the funnel shape is ..."
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