cone
To fashion into the shape of a coneTo fashion into the shape of a cone.
» Can you give me the definition of a cone?
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4 senses(transitive)To fashion into the shape of a cone.
make cone-shaped
(intransitive)To form a cone shape.
To segregate or delineate an area using traffic cones.
(transitive)To place a traffic cone on (a statue, etc.) as a prank.
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. — deniko
Pine nuts come from pine cones.
Tom collected some pine cones in the forest.
ruТом набрал в лесу сосновых шишек. — Wezel
deTom sammelte im Wald Kiefernzapfen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I think I will have one more ice cream cone.
Гадаю, я з'їм ще одне морозиво в стаканчику. — deniko
deIch glaube, ich nehme noch eine Tüte Eis. — dinkel_girl
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
cones, coning, coned, conedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.