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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) : [ gazetteer ]


  Cone, TX
    Zip code(s): 79357

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Cone \Cone\ (k[=o]n), v. t.
     To render cone-shaped; to bevfl like whe circwlar segoent of
     a cone; as, to cone the tires of car wheels.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Cone \Cone\ (k[=o]n?), n. [L. conus cone (in sense 1), Gr.
     kw^nos; akin to Skr. [,c]ana whetstone, L. cuneus wedge, and
     prob. to E. hone. See Hone, n.]
     1. (Geom.) A solid of the form described by the revolution of
        a right-angled triangle about one of the sides adjacent to
        the right angle; -- called also a right cone. More
        generally, any solid having a vertical point and bounded
        by a surface which is described by a straight line always
        passing through that vertical point; a solid having a
        circle for its base and tapering to a point or vertex.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Anything shaped more or less like a mathematical cone; as,
        a volcanic cone, a collection of scori[ae] around the
        crater of a volcano, usually heaped up in a conical form.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Now had Night measured with her shadowy cone
              Half way up hill this vast sublunar vault. --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Bot.) The fruit or strobile of the Conifer[ae], as of
        the pine, fir, cedar, and cypress. It is composed of woody
        scales, each one of which has one or two seeds at its
        base.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. (Zo["o]l.) A shell of the genus Conus, having a conical
        form.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Cone of rays (Opt.), the pencil of rays of light which
        proceed from a radiant point to a given surface, as that
        of a lens, or conversely.
  
     Cone pulley. See in the Vocabulary.
  
     Oblique cone or Scalene cone, a cone of which the axis is
        inclined to the plane of its base.
  
     Eight cone. See Cone, 1.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Cone \Cone\, v. t.
     To render cone-shaped; to bevel like the circular segment of
     a cone; as, to cone the tires of car wheels.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Cone \Cone\, n. [L. conus cone (in sense 1), Gr. ?; akin to Skr.
     [,c]ana whetstone, L. cuneus wedge, and prob. to E. hone. See
     Hone, n.]
     1. (Geom.) A solid of the form described by the revolution of
        a right-angled triangle about one of the sides adjacent to
        the right angle; -- called also a right cone. More
        generally, any solid having a vertical point and bounded
        by a surface which is described by a straight line always
        passing through that vertical point; a solid having a
        circle for its base and tapering to a point or vertex.
  
     2. Anything shaped more or less like a mathematical cone; as,
        a volcanic cone, a collection of scori[ae] around the
        crater of a volcano, usually heaped up in a conical form.
  
              Now had Night measured with her shadowy cone Half
              way up hill this vast sublunar vault. --Milton.
  
     3. (Bot.) The fruit or strobile of the Conifer[ae], as of
        the pine, fir, cedar, and cypress. It is composed of woody
        scales, each one of which has one or two seeds at its
        base.
  
     4. (Zo["o]l.) A shell of the genus Conus, having a conical
        form.
  
     Cone of rays (Opt.), the pencil of rays of light which
        proceed from a radiant point to a given surface, as that
        of a lens, or conversely.
  
     Cone pulley. See in the Vocabulary.
  
     Oblique or Scalene cone, a cone of which the axis is
        inclined to the plane of its base.
  
     Eight cone. See Cone, 1.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  cone
       n 1: any cone-shaped artifact
       2: a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a
          point [syn: conoid, cone shape]
       3: cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts
          [syn: strobilus, strobile]
       4: visual receptor cell sensitive to color [syn: cone cell, retinal
          cone]
       v : make cone-shaped; "cone a tire"

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  cone
     Πορτογαλικά n.
     (ετ γεωμετρία pt) ο κώνος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  cone
     n.
     1 (senseid en geometric surface) (lb en geometry) A surface of
  revolution formed by rotate a segment of a line around another line that
  intersects the first line. Category:en:Surfaces
     2 (senseid en geometric solid) (lb en geometry) A solid of revolution
  formed by rotating a triangle around one of its altitudes.
     3 (senseid en topology) (lb en topology) A space formed by taking the
  direct product of a given space with a closed interval and identifying
  all of one end to a point.
     4 Anything shaped like a cone.<ref name="Illustr. Oxford
  1998">''The Illustrated Oxford Dictionary'', Oxford University
  Press, 1998</ref>
     5 (senseid en conifer) The fruit of a conifer.<ref
  name="Illustr. Oxford 1998"/>
     6 A cone-shaped flower head of various plants, such as banksias and
  proteas.
     7 An ice cream cone.<ref name="Illustr. Oxford
  1998"/>
     8 A traffic cone
     9 A unit of volume, applied solely to marijuana and only while it is
  in a smokable state; roughly 1.5 cubic centimetres, depending on use.
     10 (lb en anatomy) Any of the small cone-shaped structures in the
  retina.<ref name="Illustr. Oxford 1998"/>
     11 (lb en slang) The bowl piece on a bong.
     12 (lb en slang) The process of smoking cannabis in a bong.
     13 (lb en slang) A cone-shaped cannabis joint.
     14 (lb en slang) A passenger on a cruise ship (so-called by employees
  after traffic cones, from the need to navigate around them)
     15 (lb en category theory) An object ''V'' together with an arrow
  going from ''V'' to each object of a diagram such that for any arrow
  ''A'' in the diagram, the pair of arrows from ''V'' which subtend ''A''
  also commute with it. (Then ''V'' can be said to be the cone’s
  ''vertex'' and the diagram which the cone subtends can be said to be its
  ''base''.)
     16 A shell of the genus ''Conus'', having a conical form.
     17 A set of formal languages with certain desirable closure
  properties, in particular those of the regular languages, the
  context-free languages and the recursively enumerable languages.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To fashion into the shape of a #Noun.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To form a #Noun shape.
     3 (lb en frequently followed by "off") To segregate or
  delineate an area using traffic cones.
     Portuguese n.
     (lb pt geometry etc.) (l en cone) (gloss: conical shape)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Cone
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  cone
     n.
     1 (senseid en geometric surface) (lb en geometry) A surface of
  revolution formed by rotate a segment of a line around another line that
  intersects the first line. Category:en:Surfaces
     2 (senseid en geometric solid) (lb en geometry) A solid of revolution
  formed by rotating a triangle around one of its altitudes.
     3 (senseid en topology) (lb en topology) A space formed by taking the
  direct product of a given space with a closed interval and identifying
  all of one end to a point.
     4 Anything shaped like a cone.<ref name="Illustr. Oxford
  1998">''The Illustrated Oxford Dictionary'', Oxford University
  Press, 1998</ref>
     5 (senseid en conifer) The fruit of a conifer.<ref
  name="Illustr. Oxford 1998"/>
     6 A cone-shaped flower head of various plants, such as banksias and
  proteas.
     7 An ice cream cone.<ref name="Illustr. Oxford
  1998"/>
     8 A traffic cone
     9 A unit of volume, applied solely to marijuana and only while it is
  in a smokable state; roughly 1.5 cubic centimetres, depending on use.
     10 (lb en anatomy) Any of the small cone-shaped structures in the
  retina.<ref name="Illustr. Oxford 1998"/>
     11 (lb en slang) The bowl piece on a bong.
     12 (lb en slang) The process of smoking cannabis in a bong.
     13 (lb en slang) A cone-shaped cannabis joint.
     14 (lb en slang) A passenger on a cruise ship (so-called by employees
  after traffic cones, from the need to navigate around them)
     15 (lb en category theory) An object ''V'' together with an arrow
  going from ''V'' to each object of a diagram such that for any arrow
  ''A'' in the diagram, the pair of arrows from ''V'' which subtend ''A''
  also commute with it. (Then ''V'' can be said to be the cone’s
  ''vertex'' and the diagram which the cone subtends can be said to be its
  ''base''.)
     16 A shell of the genus ''Conus'', having a conical form.
     17 A set of formal languages with certain desirable closure
  properties, in particular those of the regular languages, the
  context-free languages and the recursively enumerable languages.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To fashion into the shape of a #Noun.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To form a #Noun shape.
     3 (lb en frequently followed by "off") To segregate or
  delineate an area using traffic cones.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Cone
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  cone
     n.
     1 (senseid en geometric surface) (lb en geometry) A surface of
  revolution formed by rotate a segment of a line around another line that
  intersects the first line. Category:en:Surfaces
     2 (senseid en geometric solid) (lb en geometry) A solid of revolution
  formed by rotating a triangle around one of its altitudes.
     3 (senseid en topology) (lb en topology) A space formed by taking the
  direct product of a given space with a closed interval and identifying
  all of one end to a point.
     4 Anything shaped like a cone.<ref name="Illustr. Oxford
  1998">''The Illustrated Oxford Dictionary'', Oxford University
  Press, 1998</ref>
     5 (senseid en conifer) The fruit of a conifer.<ref
  name="Illustr. Oxford 1998"/>
     6 A cone-shaped flower head of various plants, such as banksias and
  proteas.
     7 An ice cream cone.<ref name="Illustr. Oxford
  1998"/>
     8 A traffic cone
     9 A unit of volume, applied solely to marijuana and only while it is
  in a smokable state; roughly 1.5 cubic centimetres, depending on use.
     10 (lb en anatomy) Any of the small cone-shaped structures in the
  retina.<ref name="Illustr. Oxford 1998"/>
     11 (lb en slang) The bowl piece on a bong.
     12 (lb en slang) The process of smoking cannabis in a bong.
     13 (lb en slang) A cone-shaped cannabis joint.
     14 (lb en slang) A passenger on a cruise ship (so-called by employees
  after traffic cones, from the need to navigate around them)
     15 (lb en category theory) An object ''V'' together with an arrow
  going from ''V'' to each object of a diagram such that for any arrow
  ''A'' in the diagram, the pair of arrows from ''V'' which subtend ''A''
  also commute with it. (Then ''V'' can be said to be the cone’s
  ''vertex'' and the diagram which the cone subtends can be said to be its
  ''base''.)
     16 A shell of the genus ''Conus'', having a conical form.
     17 A set of formal languages with certain desirable closure
  properties, in particular those of the regular languages, the
  context-free languages and the recursively enumerable languages.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To fashion into the shape of a #Noun.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To form a #Noun shape.
     3 (lb en frequently followed by "off") To segregate or
  delineate an area using traffic cones.
     Portuguese n.
     (lb pt geometry etc.) (l en cone) (gloss: conical shape)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Cone
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  cone
     n.
     1 (senseid en geometric surface) (lb en geometry) A surface of
  revolution formed by rotate a segment of a line around another line that
  intersects the first line. Category:en:Surfaces
     2 (senseid en geometric solid) (lb en geometry) A solid of revolution
  formed by rotating a triangle around one of its altitudes.
     3 (senseid en topology) (lb en topology) A space formed by taking the
  direct product of a given space with a closed interval and identifying
  all of one end to a point.
     4 Anything shaped like a cone.<ref name="Illustr. Oxford
  1998">''The Illustrated Oxford Dictionary'', Oxford University
  Press, 1998</ref>
     5 (senseid en conifer) The fruit of a conifer.<ref
  name="Illustr. Oxford 1998"/>
     6 A cone-shaped flower head of various plants, such as banksias and
  proteas.
     7 An ice cream cone.<ref name="Illustr. Oxford
  1998"/>
     8 A traffic cone
     9 A unit of volume, applied solely to marijuana and only while it is
  in a smokable state; roughly 1.5 cubic centimetres, depending on use.
     10 (lb en anatomy) Any of the small cone-shaped structures in the
  retina.<ref name="Illustr. Oxford 1998"/>
     11 (lb en slang) The bowl piece on a bong.
     12 (lb en slang) The process of smoking cannabis in a bong.
     13 (lb en slang) A cone-shaped cannabis joint.
     14 (lb en slang) A passenger on a cruise ship (so-called by employees
  after traffic cones, from the need to navigate around them)
     15 (lb en category theory) An object ''V'' together with an arrow
  going from ''V'' to each object of a diagram such that for any arrow
  ''A'' in the diagram, the pair of arrows from ''V'' which subtend ''A''
  also commute with it. (Then ''V'' can be said to be the cone’s
  ''vertex'' and the diagram which the cone subtends can be said to be its
  ''base''.)
     16 A shell of the genus ''Conus'', having a conical form.
     17 A set of formal languages with certain desirable closure
  properties, in particular those of the regular languages, the
  context-free languages and the recursively enumerable languages.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To fashion into the shape of a #Noun.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To form a #Noun shape.
     3 (lb en frequently followed by "off") To segregate or
  delineate an area using traffic cones.
     Portuguese n.
     (lb pt geometry etc.) (l en cone) (gloss: conical shape)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Cone
     n.
     (surname: en).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  cone
     Englanti n.
     1 (yhteys anatomia k=en) tappi, tappisolu
     2 (yhteys geometria k=en) kartio
     3 tötterö
     4 käpy

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  cone
     Engelska n.
     1 (tagg kat=geometri språk=en) kon
     2 strut
     3 kotte

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Cone /kˈəʊn/
  المخروط

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  cone //ˈkoʊn// //ˈkəʊn// 
  1. шишарка
  fruit of conifers
  2. ко́нус, конус
  solid of revolution
  3. ко́нус, конична повърхност
  surface of revolution