cone
(koʊn )
Word forms: cones
1. countable noun
A cone is a shape with a circular base and smooth curved sides ending in a point at the top.
2. countable noun
A cone is the fruit of a tree such as a pine or fir.
...a bowl of fir cones.
3. countable noun
A cone is a thin, cone-shaped biscuit that is used for holding ice cream. You can also refer to an ice cream that you eat in this way as a cone.
She stopped by the ice-cream shop and had a chocolate cone.
4. See also pine cone, traffic cone
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Collocations:
cone shape paper cone plastic cone
Count to 30, drain and cut out the core in a cone shape.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Pipe in rings of three, working inwards each time to get a nice cone shape.
The Sun (2013)
Use a knife to remove the core in a small cone shape.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
They were served hot in a paper cone, sprinkled with sea salt.
The Sun
The main drive units have a new carbon fibre and ceramic-coated paper cone material.
Times, Sunday Times
Place goujons in a paper cone with the chips stacked and lemon and mache or rocket as garnish - with a dollop of sauce tartar.
Times, Sunday Times
Paper cone loaded moving iron speakers were in use pre-war.
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The paper cone tweeter looks very different from the silk or metal dome tweeters seen in many modern loudspeakers.
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While hot, the 1320 cm krumkake are rolled into small cones around a wooden or plastic cone form.
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Their solid air freshener, however, was packaged in an attractive extruded plastic cone.
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Or one of those plastic cones that vets put round the necks of pets after an operation to prevent them from removing their own stitches?
Times, Sunday Times
And just as well, for there are plastic cones to be lifted onto other cones; hoops to be taken off one peg and placed upon another.
Times, Sunday Times
In low-level matches, a series of plastic cones are often used.
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Translations:
Chinese: 锥, 圆锥体
Japanese: 円錐形のもの, コーン