Cone Word Meaning

late Middle English (denoting an apex or vertex): from French cône, via Latin from Greek kōnos

a solid or hollow object which tapers from a circular or roughly circular base to a point

object tapering from circular base to point

• stalls selling paper cones full of fresh berries
• a cone of acrylic yarn

the dry fruit of a conifer, typically tapering to a rounded end and formed of a tight array of overlapping scales on a central axis which separate to release the seeds

dry fruit of conifer

• a cedar cone

one of two types of light-sensitive cell in the retina of the eye, responding mainly to bright light and responsible for sharpness of vision and colour perception.

light-sensitive cell in eye

separate off or mark a road with traffic cones

separate off road with traffic cones

• part of the road has been coned off