cone

  • 31cone — I. noun Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin conus, from Greek kōnos Date: 1545 1. a. a solid generated by rotating a right triangle about one of its legs called also right circular cone b. a solid bounded by a circular or …

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  • 32cone — cone1 [kəun US koun] n [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: Latin conus, from Greek konos] 1.) a solid or hollow shape that is round at one end, has sloping sides, and has a point at the other end, or something with this shape 2.) an object shaped …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 33cone — [[t]ko͟ʊn[/t]] cones 1) N COUNT A cone is a shape with a circular base and smooth curved sides ending in a point at the top. 2) N COUNT A cone is the fruit of a tree such as a pine or fir. ...a bowl of fir cones. 3) N COUNT A cone is a thin, cone …

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  • 34cone — noun 1》 an object which tapers from a circular or roughly circular base to a point.     ↘(also traffic cone) a plastic cone shaped object used to separate off sections of a road.     ↘a cone shaped wafer container in which ice cream is served.… …

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  • 35cone — n. 1) an ice cream cone 2) a pine cone * * * [kəʊn] a pine cone an ice cream cone …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 36cone — (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A conical object] Syn. conoid, cone shaped area, conoidal area, conoidal surface, funnel, cornet, strobiloid. Types of cones include: circular, right circular, chief, stepped, supplemental, oblique, retinal, endostylic,… …

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  • 37cône — nm., fruit // bourgeon // pigne // pomme cône de conifère (pin, sapin, épicéa...) : bovacha nf. (Aime.073b), bovata (073a, Marthod, St Jean Mau.), bôvatsa (Montagny Bozel.026), bovèta (Conflans), R.2a, D. => Colchique ; grinyouta (Arvillard) ; …

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  • 38cone — n. [L. conus, cone] 1. Any cone shaped structure. 2. The conical crystalline body of a compound eye, not always solid crystalline and occasionally not conical; see crystalline. 3. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) The head shape of a thrip. 4. (NEMATODA:… …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • 39cone — Synonyms and related words: acoustical network, ament, capacitor speaker, capitulum, catkin, coaxial speaker, complex cone, conelet, conoid, cop, cornet, corymb, crossover network, cyme, diaphragm, dynamic speaker, earphone, electrodynamic… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 40CONE — I. CONE in nummis Phocae Constantinopoli. E. Monetarium notat, Car. du Fresne, Dissertatione de infer. aevi Numismatibus. II. CONE insul. exigua, non procul ab ostiis Istri fluv. Lucan. l. 3. v. 200. Et barbara Cone Sarmaticas ubi perdit aquas …

    Hofmann J. Lexicon universale