cone
A surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line…A surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line.
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Meaning
15 sensesA surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line.
Kegel, Kegelmantel
ко́нусkónus, кони́ческая пове́рхностьkoníčeskaja povérxnostʹ
ко́нусkónus
A solid of revolution formed by rotating a triangle around one of its altitudes.
Kegel
ко́нусkónus
ко́нусkónus
A space formed by taking the direct product of a given space with a closed interval and identifying all of one end to a point.
Anything in the general shape of a cone.
The fruit of a conifer or a similarly shaped fruit or flower head of certain other plants, such as banksias and proteas.
A unit of volume, applied solely to marijuana and only while it is in a smokable state; roughly 1.5 cubic centimetres, depending on use.
An ice cream cone.
any cone-shaped artifact
A traffic cone.
A traffic cone.
(broadly, slang)A passenger on a cruise ship (that needs to be navigated around).
Anything in the general shape of a cone.
(slang)A cone-shaped cannabis joint.
cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts
A shell of the genus Conus, having a conical form.
Any of the small cone-shaped structures in the retina.
Zapfen
ко́лбочкаkólbočka
(slang)The bowl piece on a bong.
Examples
48 sentencesCan you give me the definition of a cone?
I think I'll have one more ice cream cone.
Гадаю, я з'їм ще одне морозиво.
Pine nuts come from pine cones.
Tom collected some pine cones in the forest.
ruТом набрал в лесу сосновых шишек.
deTom sammelte im Wald Kiefernzapfen.
I think I will have one more ice cream cone.
Гадаю, я з'їм ще одне морозиво в стаканчику.
deIch glaube, ich nehme noch eine Tüte Eis.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English cone (“corner, angle”) and conoun (“cone”), from Medieval Latin cōnus,From Middle English cone (“corner, angle”) and conoun (“cone”), from Medieval Latin cōnus, cōnon (“cone, wedge, peak”), from Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos, “cone, spinning top, pine cone”). Reinforced by Middle French cone, from the same Graeco-Latin source.
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Forms
plural: conesSynonyms
9 synonyms- a visual receptor cell in the retina that is sensitive to bright light and to color:cone cellretinal cone
- cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts:strobilusstrobile
- a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point:conoidcone shape