cone
🇺🇸
/kəʊn/
🇬🇧
/kəʊn/
noun
A1
A shape like an ice cream holder, wider at the bottom, narrow at the top.
The child eagerly licked the ice cream from the cone.
A2
A seed container of some plants, shaped like a cone.
The squirrel collected several pine cones for the winter.
B1
A bright marker used to guide or warn about traffic.
The construction workers placed orange cones around the site.
B2
A lens in some cameras that helps gather more light.
The camera has a special cone-shaped lens for better light gathering.
verb
A2
To shape something into a cone.
She coned the fabric to create a stylish hat.
B1
To put a cone over something.
The tree was coned with a protective wrap during the winter.
translation
A shape like an ice cream holder, wider at the bottom, narrow at the top.; A seed container of some plants, shaped like a cone.; A bright marker used to guide or warn about traffic.; A lens in some cameras that helps gather more light.
To shape something into a cone.; To put a cone over something.
Word Forms
3rd Present
cones
Past
coned
Perfect
coned
Progressive
coning
Plural
cones