Synonyms for cone

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kohn

Phonetic Transcription : koʊn

Définition of cone

Origin : 1560s, from Middle French cone (16c.) or directly from Latin conus "a cone, peak of a helmet," from Greek konos "cone, spinning top, pine cone," perhaps from PIE root *ko- "to sharpen" (cf. Sanskrit sanah "whetstone," Latin catus "sharp," Old English han "stone").

noun circular-shaped object with pointed end

Example sentences :

In literary affairs, to become the fundamental element in a cone of critics.
Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce

After two or three hours we reached the bottom of the cone of rocks and ashes.
Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall

Many feet down from the top it had torn a hole through the cone.
Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall

He rose early next morning, and climbed up to the top of the cone.
Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne

They went up the hill to the east, across the cone, and down into the plain below.
Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne

His mother rushed into his arms, enveloped from foot to head in a cone of fire.
Extract from : « Heather and Snow » by George MacDonald

His hand touched this cone, and it possessed a curious solidity.
Extract from : « Made in Tanganyika » by Carl Richard Jacobi

The cap or head varies in form from rounded to ovate or cone shape.
Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard

A hut in the shape of a cone stood a few yards from the road.
Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine

Was this bluish light in the abyss the source of the light in the Cone?
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 » by Various

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