cone
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- noun
- /koʊn/
- During the traffic safety demonstration, the instructor placed several cones on the road to guide the participants.
- cone-shaped
- shape of a cone
- use traffic cones
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- And so as the missiles coming in, the cone is still expanding.
- I kind of imagine Sarah is maybe in like a cone of light, right?
- Babe, this isn't a crap ice cream cone, Julia.
- I got home and all of my dogs are gone and their cones were left in their crates.
Examples
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Are the ice cream cones ready?
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Keep your nickel and buy yourself an ice-cream cone.
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We're going to fill the cone to the top nice and level.
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OK, Tell me about your snow cone color rainbow fight thing that you had.
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Can I get a large cone with rainbow sprinkles, please?
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I saw a crowd, I figured I'd sell a few snow cones.
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Paul and Don, their hands full of ice cream cones, joked with the counter girl.
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When he finished, I saw two ice cream cones with their pointy ends touching.
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The children eagerly licked their ice cream cone as they enjoyed the sunny day at the park.
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To understand geometry better, we practiced finding the volume of a cone using the correct formula.
Synonyms
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A shape with a round base that narrows to a single point at the top like an ice cream cone
A solid shape with a circular base that gets narrower to a point
Compounds
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A shape with a round base that narrows to a single point at the top like an ice cream cone
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The pointed front part of a rocket, missile, or plane that protects important parts and reduces air resistance during flight
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A cone shape with the top cut off leaving two round ends of different sizes
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A wide fan of sand and stones that forms when a fast river slows at a mountain base
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A tree from California with very large cones 4 to 8 inches long
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A tree from California with very large cones four to eight inches long
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A machine part with cone-shaped surfaces that use rubbing to let power pass between two shafts
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A clutch with cone shaped friction surfaces that connects two rotating shafts
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A small cone of clay that melts at a set temperature to show how hot a kiln is
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Etymology
Cone comes from the old Greek word konos, which meant 'cone' or 'pine-cone'. It names a shape with a round base that gets smaller to a single point, like an ice-cream cone or a traffic cone, so the origin explains the shape we mean today.