Locations

• A major series of interchanges in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, located near Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
  Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
  Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport is located between the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, and is the busiest airport in the U.S. state of Texas...
  
  , and is locally referred to as the Funnel.

Meteorology

• A funnel cloud
  Funnel cloud
  A funnel cloud is a funnel-shaped cloud of condensed water droplets, associated with a rotating column of wind and extending from the base of a cloud but not reaching the ground or a water surface. A funnel cloud is usually visible as a cone-shaped or needle like protuberance from the main cloud...
  
   (aloft) is a quickly rotating column of air usually below a cumulonimbus cloud
  Cumulonimbus cloud
  Cumulonimbus is a towering vertical cloud that is very tall, dense, and involved in thunderstorms and other inclement weather. Cumulonimbus originates from Latin: Cumulus "Heap" and nimbus "rain". It is a result of atmospheric instability. These clouds can form alone, in clusters, or along a cold...
  
  , but more generally under a cumiliform cloud that does not produce fast winds at the surface.
• The visible part of a tornado
  Tornado
  A tornado is a violent, dangerous, rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. They are often referred to as a twister or a cyclone, although the word cyclone is used in meteorology in a wider...
  
   (ignoring a debris cloud), or as an all inclusive term including funnel cloud aloft, is known as a condensation funnel.

Computing

• A funnel
  Funnel (Concurrent computing)
  In Computer Science, a funnel is a synchronization primitive used in kernel development to protect system resources. First used on Digital UNIX as a way to "funnel" device driver execution onto a single processor, funnels are now used in the Mac OS X kernel to serialize access to the BSD portion of...
  
   is a synchronization
  Synchronization (computer science)
  In computer science, synchronization refers to one of two distinct but related concepts: synchronization of processes, and synchronization of data. Process synchronization refers to the idea that multiple processes are to join up or handshake at a certain point, so as to reach an agreement or...
  
   primitive used in concurrent computing
  Concurrent computing
  Concurrent computing is a form of computing in which programs are designed as collections of interacting computational processes that may be executed in parallel...
  
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• Funnel, a programming language combining ideas from functional programming
  Functional programming
  In computer science, functional programming is a programming paradigm that treats computation as the evaluation of mathematical functions and avoids state and mutable data. It emphasizes the application of functions, in contrast to the imperative programming style, which emphasizes changes in state...
  
   and Petri nets.

Other uses

• A funnel is a fictional remote weapon in Anime
  Anime
  is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
  
   Gundam
  Gundam
  The is a metaseries of anime created by Sunrise studios that features giant robots called "Mobile Suits" ; usually the protagonist's MS will carry the name Gundam....
  
   series.
• Funnel cake
  Funnel cake
  Funnel cake or funnelcake is a regional food popular in North America at carnivals, fairs, sporting events, and seaside resorts. Funnel cakes are made by pouring batter into hot cooking oil in a circular pattern and deep frying the overlapping mass until golden-brown. When made at concession...
  
   is a fried batter desert.
• The chimney
  Chimney
  A chimney is a structure for venting hot flue gases or smoke from a boiler, stove, furnace or fireplace to the outside atmosphere. Chimneys are typically vertical, or as near as possible to vertical, to ensure that the gases flow smoothly, drawing air into the combustion in what is known as the...
  
   of a ship
  Ship
  Since the end of the age of sail a ship has been any large buoyant marine vessel. Ships are generally distinguished from boats based on size and cargo or passenger capacity. Ships are used on lakes, seas, and rivers for a variety of activities, such as the transport of people or goods, fishing,...
  
  is often called a funnel.