| Noun | 1. | cone - any cone-shaped artifact | |
| 2. | cone - a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a pointround shape - a shape that is curved and without sharp angles funnel, funnel shape - a conical shape with a wider and a narrower opening at the two ends tip, peak, point - a V shape; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points" | |
| 3. | cone - cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bractsfir cone - the seed-producing cone of a fir tree galbulus - the seed-producing cone of a cypress tree pinecone - the seed-producing cone of a pine tree horsetail - perennial rushlike flowerless herbs with jointed hollow stems and narrow toothlike leaves that spread by creeping rhizomes; tend to become weedy; common in northern hemisphere; some in Africa and South America | |
| 4. | cone - visual receptor cell sensitive to colorretina - the light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball; it is continuous with the optic nerve visual cell - one of the cells of the retina that is sensitive to light iodopsin - a violet photopigment in the retinal cones of the eyes of most vertebrates; plays a role in daylight vision | |
| Verb | 1. | cone - make cone-shaped; "cone a tire"bevel, chamfer - cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel; "bevel the surface" | |