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   cone

   /kəʊn/

   noun

   • 1. a solid or hollow object which tapers from a circular or roughly circular base to a point: "stalls selling paper cones full of fresh berries"
   • ▪ a surface or solid figure generated by the straight lines which pass from a circle or other closed curve to a single point (the vertex) not in the same plane as the curve.
   • ▪ a conical mountain, especially one of volcanic origin: "the smooth cone of Vesuvius"
   • ▪ a plastic cone-shaped object that is used to separate off or close sections of a road.
   • ▪ a coned-shaped wafer container in which ice cream is served.
   • ▪ a ceramic pyramid that melts at a known temperature and is used to indicate the temperature of a kiln.
   • ▪ short for cone shell
   • 2. the dry fruit of a conifer, typically tapering to a rounded end and formed of a tight array of overlapping scales on a central axis which separate to release the seeds: "a cedar cone"
   • ▪ a flower resembling the cone of a conifer, especially that of the hop plant.
   • 3. one of two types of light-sensitive cell in the retina of the eye, responding mainly to bright light and responsible for sharpness of vision and colour perception.

   verb

   • 1. separate off or mark a road with traffic cones: British "part of the road has been coned off"

   Word Origin late Middle English (denoting an apex or vertex): from French cône, via Latin from Greek kōnos.

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