cone

B2 Topic:Materials & Substances

US /ˈkoʊn/ UK /ˈkəʊn/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like con /ɑ/ vs /oʊ/

Freq #11042

Meanings

1

noun
A solid shape with a round flat base and a point at the top.

The children built a sandcastle topped with a tall cone.
2

noun
Any object shaped like a cone, such as the holder for ice cream or a traffic marker.

The workers placed orange cones around the hole in the road.
3

noun
The hard, scaly fruit of a pine or fir tree that holds its seeds.

We collected pine cones in the forest to make decorations.
4

verb
To mark off an area using traffic cones.

The lane was coned off while the road was repaired.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a solid shape with a round... cone shape

3 noun · the hard, scaly fruit of a... strobilus

Word family

Forms conedconesconingconoid

Derived forms anteroconeberry-conebiconebristleconecoconeconalcone-flowercone-headedcone-in-conecone-shapedconebillconeflower

Related forms coign coincuneiformquean queen quoin

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Phrases (1)

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oblique cone
a cone whose axis is not perpendicular to its base

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From Middle English cone (“corner, angle”) and conoun (“cone”), from Medieval Latin cōnus, cōnon (“cone, wedge, peak”), from Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos, “cone, spinning top, pine cone”). Reinforced by Middle French cone, from the same Graeco-Latin source.

cone Middle English cōnus la-med κῶνος Ancient Greek

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Topics

Materials & Substances

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# cone

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈkoʊn/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkəʊn/
**Frequency rank:** 11042

## Meanings
1. A solid shape with a round flat base and a point at the top.
2. Any object shaped like a cone, such as the holder for ice cream or a traffic marker.
3. The hard, scaly fruit of a pine or fir tree that holds its seeds.
4. To mark off an area using traffic cones.

## Examples
- The children built a sandcastle topped with a tall cone.
- The workers placed orange cones around the hole in the road.
- We collected pine cones in the forest to make decorations.
- The lane was coned off while the road was repaired.

## Derived Forms
- anterocone
- berry-cone
- bicone
- bristlecone
- cocone
- conal
- cone-flower
- cone-headed
- cone-in-cone
- cone-shaped
- conebill
- coneflower

## Related Forms
- coign
- coin
- cuneiform
- quean
- queen
- quoin

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: cone
- Root: cōnus
- Root: κῶνος

## Etymology
From Middle English cone (“corner, angle”) and conoun (“cone”), from Medieval Latin cōnus, cōnon (“cone, wedge, peak”), from Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos, “cone, spinning top, pine cone”). Reinforced by Middle French cone, from the same Graeco-Latin source.

## AI Etymology
cone is a verb and noun. It is from Middle English cone (“corner, angle”) and conoun (“cone”), from Medieval Latin cōnus, cōnon (“cone, wedge, peak”), from Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos, “cone, spinning top, pine cone”). Reinforced by Middle French cone, from the same Graeco-Latin source. Historical forms in the chain include cone (Middle English), cōnus (Medieval Latin), κῶνος (Ancient Greek), and cone (Middle French). Current senses include a solid shape with a round flat base and a point at the top, any object shaped like a cone, such as the holder for ice cream or a traffic marker, and the hard, scaly fruit of a pine or fir tree that holds its seeds. Derived forms include anterocone, berry-cone, bicone, bristlecone, and cocone. Related words include coign, coin, cuneiform, and quean.

## Topics
- Materials & Substances

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