funnel

siirtää suppilon kautta

höyryveturin savupiippu, savukanava

suppilomaisuus

suppilo A utensil of the shape of an inverted hollow cone, terminating below in a pipe, and used for conveying liquids etc. into a close vessel; a tunnel.
A passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance; specifically, a smoke flue or pipe; the chimney of a steamship or the like.
To use a funnel.
To proceed through a narrow gap or passageway akin to a funnel; to narrow or condense.

Expect delays where the traffic funnels down to one lane.

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.

Our taxes are being funnelled into pointless government initiatives.

The first time he did it was to this freshman Kevin Ryers and we all just burst out laughing, watching Kevin try to funnel a beer.