cone

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun any cone-shaped artifact
  2. noun a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point
  3. noun cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts

Etymology

From Middle English cone (“corner, angle”) and conoun (“cone”), from Medieval Latin cōnus, cōnon (“cone, wedge, peak”), from Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos, “cone, spinning top, pine cone”). Reinforced by Middle French cone, from the same Graeco-Latin source.

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