1. A shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point
   "The rocket's nose cone had a conoid shape"; "The cone shape of the volcano was visible from miles away";
   - conoid, cone shape
    
2. Any cone-shaped artifact
   "The traffic cone warned drivers of the road work ahead"
    
3. Cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts
   "Pine trees produce both male and female cones";
   - strobilus, strobile
    
4. A visual receptor cell in the retina that is sensitive to bright light and to colour
   "Cone cells allow us to perceive colours and fine details"; "retinal cone cells allow us to perceive colours and fine details";
   - cone cell, retinal cone

1. Make cone-shaped
   "cone a tire"

Derived forms: cones, coning, coned

Type of: artefact [Brit], artifact [N. Amer], bevel, chamfer, reproductive structure, round shape, visual cell

Part of: club moss, club-moss, conifer, coniferous tree, horsetail, lycopod, retina

Encyclopedia: Cone, Michigan