cone
pronunciation
How to pronounce cone in British English:
UK [kəʊn]
How to pronounce cone in American English:
US [koʊn]
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- Noun:
- any cone-shaped artifact
- a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point
- cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts
- visual receptor cell sensitive to color
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- Verb:
- make cone-shaped
Word Origin
- cone
- cone: [16] Greek kōnos originally meant ‘pinecone’ – it was the pine-cone’s typical shape which suggested the application of the word to a conical geometrical figure. The word passed into English via Latin cōnus and French cône. Coniferous [17] was formed from Latin cōnifer, literally ‘cone-bearing’ (-ifer goes back to Latin ferre ‘carry’, a relative of English bear).=> hone
- cone (n.)
- 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" (cognates: Sanskrit sanah "whetstone," Latin catus "sharp," Old English han "stone").
Example
- 1. The cone shows some layers of hard rock but most of it is made of relatively soft material .
- 2. Monstrous pillars of cold gas like the cone and m16 are common in large regions of star birth .
- 3. Quiet for centuries , the volcano was once a perfect cone , but an eruption long ago blew out its flank .
- 4. But birds have an extra cone for seeing violet and ultraviolet light .
- 5. In particular , zhang 's team suggests that flapping pyramid or cone robots could combine stability and maneuverability .