cone
/koʊn/
verb
- To shape something like a cone or to fit with a cone-shaped object.
- She coned her hair with a special styling tool for the party.
- The machine cones the metal into a sharp point.
- The workers coned off the area to keep people away from the danger zone.
noun
- A solid or hollow object that has a flat, round base and sides that slope up to a point at the top.
- A party hat is shaped like a cone.
- The children drew a picture of a red cone with a round bottom.
- The traffic cone was placed on the road to warn drivers of construction.
- A container for ice cream, made of a thin, crisp, cone-shaped pastry.
- She ordered a double scoop of chocolate in a waffle cone.
- The ice cream cone dripped down his hand on the hot summer day.
- I prefer a sugar cone over a cake cone because it is crunchier.
- The fruit of a pine tree or other evergreen tree, made of overlapping scales that contain seeds.
- A squirrel was nibbling on a cone from the spruce tree.
- The forest floor was covered with dry cones from the pines.
- We collected pine cones to use as decorations for the fireplace.
- A type of cell in the retina of the eye that is sensitive to color and bright light.
- Cones allow you to see colors like red, green, and blue.
- Damage to the cones in your eyes can cause color blindness.
- The human eye has about six million cones.