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# cone

noun (a cone, cones)

«cone» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A cone is a 3D shape with a round flat base that narrows to a point at the top. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cone/#m1)
2. An ice-cream cone is a crispy cone-shaped holder for ice cream. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cone/#m2)
3. A traffic cone is an orange or red plastic cone used on roads. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cone/#m3)
4. A pine cone is the hard, scaly seed case of a pine or fir tree. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cone/#m4)
5. Cones are also cells in your eyes that see colour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cone/#m5)

### In the lessons

In maths a cone has one curved face, one flat circular face, one edge and one vertex (apex). In science pine cones hold seeds; volcanoes are cone-shaped. In road safety cones mark danger or work areas. Phrases: «ice-cream cone», «traffic cone», «pine cone».

### Examples

- A cone has one curved face and one circular face. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cone/#x1)
- I'd like a chocolate ice-cream cone, please. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cone/#x2)
- The road workers put out traffic cones. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cone/#x3)
- We collected pine cones in the park. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cone/#x4)
- A volcano is often shaped like a cone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cone/#x5)
- The party hat is a cone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cone/#x6)
- The coach set out cones for football practice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cone/#x7)
- Thus Iktomi lives alone in a cone-shaped wigwam upon the plain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cone/#x8)

### Note

Countable. Maths: a cone is not a pyramid (a pyramid has a polygon base and flat triangular faces). Volume of a cone = one third of the volume of a cylinder with the same base and height. Adjective: conical.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cone» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cone/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cone» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cone.html) on Mova free.