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Definition of cone noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cone

noun
 
/kəʊn/
 
/kəʊn/
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  1. a solid or hollow object with a round flat base and sides that slope up to a point see also conic, conicalTopics Colours and Shapesc1
  2. a solid or hollow object that is like a cone in shape
    • a paper cone full of popcorn
    • the cone of a volcano
    see also nose cone, snow cone
  3. (also traffic cone)
     a plastic object shaped like a cone and often red and white, or yellow in colour, used on roads to show where vehicles are not allowed to go, for example while repairs are being done
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    Topics Transport by car or lorryb2
  4. (also old-fashioned cornet)
     a piece of thin dry biscuit like a cone in shape that you can put ice cream in to eat it
    • an ice cream cone
  5. the hard dry fruit of a pine or fir tree
    • a pine/fir cone
    Topics Plants and treesc2
    6. Word Originlate Middle English (denoting an apex or vertex): from French cône, via Latin from Greek kōnos.
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