cone-shaped
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The ice cream vendor hands the child a cone-shaped waffle filled with pink ice cream.
Definition
- Adjective:
- Having the form or outline of a cone: Describes an object whose shape tapers smoothly from a circular or roughly circular base to a point called the apex.
- Resembling a cone in appearance: Used to characterize anything that visually approximates the geometric shape of a cone.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The wizard wore a tall, cone-shaped hat.
- They built a small, cone-shaped hut from branches and leaves.
- The volcano had a classic cone-shaped profile.
Advanced Usage
- Technical/Descriptive Use: Often used in scientific, geographical, or technical descriptions to precisely denote shape.
- The fossil exhibited a cone-shaped structure typical of certain ancient corals.
- Comparative Use: Used to make comparisons where the primary quality is shape.
- Her hairstyle was piled high in a cone-shaped bun.
Variants and Related Words
- Conical (adj): The most direct synonym, meaning having the shape of a cone. Often used interchangeably with "cone-shaped," though sometimes perceived as slightly more technical.
- The lamp had a conical shade.
- Conelike (adj): Functionally identical to "cone-shaped," emphasizing resemblance.
- The conelike seed pods fell from the tree.
Synonyms
- Tapered: Becoming narrower toward one end.
- Pyramidal: Resembling a pyramid, which is similar but with a polygonal base.
Related Phrases/Idioms
(Note: "Cone-shaped" itself is not typically used in idiomatic expressions. It is a straightforward descriptive term.)
The ice cream vendor hands the child a cone-shaped waffle filled with pink ice cream.
Adjective
- relating to or resembling a cone
- conical mountains
- conelike fruit