tundish

Plural: tundishes

Noun

• A funnel-shaped receptacle for molten metal in a foundry.
• A kind of funnel used in brewing fitting into the bung-hole of a tun or cask.
• A funnel used in smelting, foundry work etc.
• A funnel used to create a siphonic break in a drainage system and/or provide visual indication of flow, usually in an overflow line.

Examples

• The TUNDISH of words on his rack was overflowing, but he couldn’t form a single good one.