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χοάνη — meaning in English

choani

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English meaning

  • funnel noun A cone-shaped tool with a narrow tube, used to pour liquids or powders into a small opening.
  • melting pot noun A place or society where people of many different nationalities, cultures and backgrounds live together and blend into something new.

Senses

χοάνη is used for these senses in English:

  • funnel A utensil in the shape of an inverted hollow cone terminating in a narrow pipe, for channeling liquids or granular material; typically used when transferring said substances from any container into ones with a significantly smaller opening.
  • melting pot (figurative) A place where many divergent things (often races or cultures, but also talents) come together and are homogenized.

funnel — full definition

  1. noun A cone-shaped tool with a narrow tube, used to pour liquids or powders into a small opening.
  2. verb To direct or channel something through a narrow path, or to focus resources toward one goal.

melting pot — full definition

  1. noun A place or society where people of many different nationalities, cultures and backgrounds live together and blend into something new.
  2. noun A situation in which things are being mixed up and remade, so that the outcome is not yet settled; usually in the phrase 'in the melting pot'.
  3. noun A vessel used for melting metal or other solids.

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