cone

Universal Words noun, verb noun 1 a solid or hollow object with a round flat base and sides that slope up to a point seealsoCONICAL 2 a solid or hollow object that is shaped like a cone: a paper cone full of popcorn * the cone of a volcano seealsoNOSE-CONE 3 (also traffic cone) a plastic object shaped like a cone and often red and white, or yellow, in colour, used on roads to show where vehicles are not allowed to go, for example while repairs are being done 4 (also old-fashioned cornet) a piece of thin crisp biscuit shaped like a cone, which you can put ice cream in to eat it 5 the hard dry fruit of a PINE or FIR tree: a pine cone seealsoFIRCONE verb PHRASALVERBS cone sth<->off to close a road or part of a road by putting a line of cones across it: Part of the road was coned off after the accident.