cone-shaped
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2.8
- adjective
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en forma de cono
- The cone-shaped roof of the building made it easy to spot from a distance.
What it is, is a cone shaped tarp, so you could use a regular tarp, but they're rectangular and it just doesn't fit this kind of size and style of fountain very well.
- What it is, is a cone shaped tarp, so you could use a regular tarp, but they're rectangular and it just doesn't fit this kind of size and style of fountain very well.
Examples
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Like restless children in planetarium seats, the indigo buntings squirmed in their cone-shaped cages, leaving tiny footprints that indicated the direction they wanted to fly in.
Academic text (1995) -
One of those cone-shaped plastic bins would have used up a quarter of it.
Fiction book (2000) -
The area around this village is filled with similar ancient, cone-shaped homes.
Academic text (2001) -
I see not only the differences in color, but the cone-shaped structures that bear them.
Fiction book (1991) -
"She's pointing to a cone-shaped peak off in the distance.
Fiction book (1996) -
The space inside the fireplace was more cone-shaped than rectangular, so it made good sense to arrange the logs standing up.
Fiction book (1993) -
To fill the cupcakes, cut a cone-shaped portion out of the center of each cupcake.
Blog text (2) -
The cone-shaped noses of the two X-71's are towering silhouettes against the sun.
Fiction book (1998) -
Guadalupe Hill was a fine cone-shaped repository of low-grade ore.
Blog text (17) -
The greengrocer in his skirted robe, belted at the waist with a multicolored shawl, lifted his cone-shaped hat and scratched his shaved head.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
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4.8
A thing shaped like a party hat with a round base and a point
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7.2
Having the shape of a cone, with a point and a round base
Shaped like a cone, wide at one end and narrow at the other
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Etymology
Cone-shaped starts with cone, the same word you see in ice cream cone and traffic cone, which are wide at the bottom and narrow to a point. So cone-shaped simply means having that 'round base and pointy top' form.