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Word: Cone
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English (denoting an apex or vertex): from French cône, via Latin from Greek kōnos
kəʊn
a solid or hollow object which tapers from a circular or roughly circular base to a point
Short Definition:object tapering from circular base to point
Examples:- 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
Short Definition:dry fruit of conifer
Examples:- 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.
Short Definition:light-sensitive cell in eye
Word: Cone
Speech Type: Verb
kəʊn
separate off or mark a road with traffic cones
Short Definition:separate off road with traffic cones
Examples:- part of the road has been coned off
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