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| cone [ kōn ] |
noun (plural cones) |
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1. pointed object with round base: an object or shape that has a circular base and tapers to a point at the top, or has a circular top and tapers to a point at the bottom
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2. pointed figure with curved flat base: a three-dimensional geometric figure formed by straight lines through a fixed point vertex to the points of a fixed curve directrix. A circular cone has a directrix that is a circle.
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3. cone-shaped wafer for ice cream: a cone-shaped or cup-shaped wafer used for serving ice cream, or such a wafer with ice cream in it
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4. plastic cone-shaped road marker: a plastic cone-shaped object used as a temporary road marker or barrier, e.g. to close off part or all of a road during repairs or after an accident
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5. cone-shaped paper for marijuana: a small cone-shaped paper container from which marijuana is smoked
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6. botany seed-bearing structure of tree: a tightly packed cluster of scales that bears the reproductive organs of coniferous plants such as pines and firs. Male cones produce pollen, and female cones bear seeds.
Technical name strobilus (sense 1)
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7. botany reproductive part of nonflowering plants: a club-shaped, umbrella-shaped, or poker-shaped cluster of fertile leaves that bears the spore-producing organs of a club moss or horsetail
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8. anatomy light receptor cell in eye: a cone-shaped cell sensitive to light and color in the retina of the eye of a human being or any other vertebrate animal. There are three different types of cone cells, responding to blue, green, or red light.
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9. marine biology sea snail with cone-shaped shell: a sea snail with a cone-shaped, vividly marked shell and a poisonous, sometimes fatal, sting. Native to: South Pacific and Indian oceans. Family Conidae.
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10. geography volcano: a cone-shaped mountain, especially a volcano
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transitive verb (past and past participle coned, present participle con·ing, 3rd person present singular cones) |
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make something into cone shape: to shape something into the form of a cone
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| [15th century. Via French< Greek kōnos "pine cone, cone"] |
