Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
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- [kohn]
- /koʊn/
- /kəʊn/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [kohn]
- /koʊn/
Definitions of cones word
- noun cones Geometry. a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex. a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone. 1
- noun cones anything shaped like a cone: sawdust piled up in a great cone; the cone of a volcano. 1
- noun cones ice-cream cone. 1
- noun cones Botany. the more or less conical multiple fruit of the pine, fir, etc., consisting of overlapping or valvate scales bearing naked ovules or seeds; a strobile. a similar fruit, as in cycads or club mosses. 1
- noun cones Anatomy. one of the cone-shaped cells in the retina of the eye, sensitive to color and intensity of light. Compare rod (def 17). 1
- noun cones one of a series of cone-shaped markers placed along a road, as around an area of highway construction, especially to exclude or divert motor vehicles. 1
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Origin of cones
First appearance:
before 1480 One of the 25% oldest English words
1480-90; < Latin cōnus < Greek kônos pine-cone, cone-shaped figure; akin to hone1
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Parts of speech for Cones
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preposition
conjunction
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cones popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
cones usage trend in Literature
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noun cones
- pyramids — Architecture. (in ancient Egypt) a quadrilateral masonry mass having smooth, steeply sloping sides meeting at an apex, used as a tomb. (in ancient Egypt and pre-Columbian Central America) a quadrilateral masonry mass, stepped and sharply sloping, used as a tomb or a platform for a temple.
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