cone

A shape with a round flat base that narrows to a point at the other end.

• Draw a cone on the page.
• The roof is shaped like a cone.
• We measured the heights of three cones.

Common phrases: solid cone, cone shape, circular cone, right cone

A thin, crisp container that holds ice cream and usually narrows to a point.

• I would like a cone of vanilla ice cream.
• She ate the cone after finishing the ice cream.
• Do you want your ice cream in a cone?

How to use it: a cone of something (He ordered a cone of chocolate ice cream.)

Similar words: cornet

Common phrases: ice cream cone, waffle cone, cone of something

A hard seed case from a pine or similar tree, made of overlapping woody parts.

• A cone fell from the pine tree.
• We collected cones in the forest.
• Seeds hide between the scales of a cone.

Common phrases: pine cone, fir cone, fallen cone

A pointed surface made by turning a straight line around another line that crosses it.

• The line traces a cone as it rotates.
• This cone extends beyond the drawing.
• The two cones share a vertex.

Similar words: conical surface

Common phrases: circular cone, infinite cone, cone surface

To shape something so that it has a round base and narrows to a point.

• Cone the clay before shaping the bowl.
• The potter coned the clay on the wheel.
• This tool can cone the end of the rod.

Similar words: taper

Common phrases: cone the clay, cone an end