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Cone
Examples
The traffic cones were placed along the road to redirect vehicles during the construction work.
02
an object with a circular base tapering smoothly to a single point
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
cones
Examples
She placed a paper cone on the table.
03
a type of light-sensitive receptor cell in the retina, responsible for color and bright-light vision
Examples
The retina contains millions of cones.
04
a conical cluster of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts in plants
Examples
The pine tree bore several large cones.
05
the hard, seed-bearing fruit produced by certain evergreen trees
Examples
A cone fell from the pine tree.
to cone
01
to shape or form into a cone
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
cone
3rd person singular
cones
Present participle
coning
Past simple
coned
Past participle
coned
Examples
The baker coned the dough before baking.
Lexical Tree
conelike
cone
