I. cone 1 /kəʊn $ koʊn/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: French ; Origin: Latin conus , from Greek konos ]
1 . a solid or hollow shape that is round at one end, has sloping sides, and has a point at the other end, or something with this shape
2 . an object shaped like a large cone that is put on a road to prevent cars from going somewhere or to warn drivers about something
3 . the fruit of a ↑ pine or ↑ fir tree ⇨ conifer
4 .
a piece of thin cooked cake, shaped like a cone, that you put ↑ ice cream in, or a cone like this with ice cream in it
5 . technical a ↑ cell in your eye that is shaped like a cone, that helps you see light and colour ⇨ rod
II. cone 2 BrE AmE verb
cone something ↔ off phrasal verb British English
to put a row of orange ↑ cone s around an area to prevent people or cars from going there, for example during building work