shaped like a cone

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• cone´less — cone «kohn», noun, verb, coned, con|ing. –n. 1. a solid object that has a flat, round base and narrows to a point at the top. 2. Geometry. a surface traced by a moving straight line, one point of which is fixed, the opposite end constantly… …   Useful english dictionary

• cone — [ koun ] noun count * 1. ) an object with a circular base that rises to a point. Something in the shape of a cone is conical: a large building shaped like a cone a tower with a cone shaped roof 2. ) a cone shape that you put ice cream in and eat …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• cone — [kōn] n. [ME < L conus < Gr kōnos, a wedge, peak, cone < IE base kō(n) , to sharpen > HONE1, L cos] 1. a) a flat based, single pointed solid formed by a rotating straight line that traces out a closed curved base from a fixed vertex… …   English World dictionary

• cone — I UK [kəʊn] / US [koʊn] noun [countable] Word forms cone : singular cone plural cones * 1) an object with a circular base that rises to a point. Something in the shape of a cone is conical a large building shaped like a cone a tower with a cone… …   English dictionary

• cone — /kohn/, n., v., coned, coning. n. 1. Geom. a. a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex. b. a plane surface… …   Universalium

• cone — cone1 [kəun US koun] n [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: Latin conus, from Greek konos] 1.) a solid or hollow shape that is round at one end, has sloping sides, and has a point at the other end, or something with this shape 2.) an object shaped …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• cone — [[t]koʊn[/t]] n. v. coned, con•ing 1) math. a) a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex b) a plane surface… …   From formal English to slang

• cone — 1 noun (C) 1 a solid or hollow shape with a round base, sloping sides, and a point at the top, or something with this shape 2 an object shaped like a large cone that is put on a road to prevent cars from going somewhere or to warn drivers about… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• cone — [kəʊn] noun [C] 1) an object with a circular base that rises to a point 2) an object shaped like a cone that you put ICE CREAM in. You can also eat the cone. 3) the fruit of a PINE tree …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• cone anchor — noun : a sea anchor shaped like a cone …   Useful english dictionary

• -shaped — UK [ʃeɪpt] US suffix used with many nouns to make adjectives describing the shape of something a heart shaped leaf a crescent shaped scar Thesaurus: suffixeshyponym shaped like a specific objecthyponym * * * …   Useful english dictionary