NOUN | artifact | cone | any cone-shaped artifact |
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shape | cone, conoid, cone shape | a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point | |
plant | cone, strobilus, strobile | cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts | |
body | cone, cone cell, retinal cone | a visual receptor cell in the retina that is sensitive to bright light and to color | |
VERB | contact | cone | make cone-shaped |
Sounds | kow'n | |
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Rhymes | acetone ... zone: 126 rhymes with own... |
Meaning | Any cone-shaped artifact. | |
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Broader | artifact, artefact | A man-made object taken as a whole |
Spanish | cono | |
Catalan | con | |
Adjectives | conic, conical | relating to or resembling a cone |
Verbs | cone | make cone-shaped |
Meaning | A shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point. | |
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Synonyms | conoid, cone shape | |
Parts | point, tip, peak | A V shape |
Narrower | funnel, funnel shape | A conical shape with a wider and a narrower opening at the two ends |
Broader | round shape | A shape that is curved and without sharp angles |
Spanish | cono | |
Catalan | con, conoide | |
Adjectives | conic, conical, conelike, cone-shaped | relating to or resembling a cone |
Verbs | cone | make cone-shaped |
Meaning | cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts. | |
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Synonyms | strobilus, strobile | |
Part of | club moss, club-moss, lycopod | Primitive evergreen moss-like plant with spores in club-shaped strobiles |
conifer, coniferous tree | Any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones | |
horsetail | perennial rushlike flowerless herbs with jointed hollow stems and narrow toothlike leaves that spread by creeping rhizomes | |
Narrower | fir cone | The seed-producing cone of a fir tree |
galbulus | The seed-producing cone of a cypress tree | |
pinecone | The seed-producing cone of a pine tree | |
Broader | reproductive structure | The parts of a plant involved in its reproduction |
Spanish | estróbilo | |
Catalan | estròbil | |
Adjectives | conical | relating to or resembling a cone |
Meaning | A visual receptor cell in the retina that is sensitive to bright light and to color. | |
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Synonyms | cone cell, retinal cone | |
Part of | retina | The innermost light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball |
Parts | iodopsin | A violet photopigment in the retinal cones of the eyes of most vertebrates |
Broader | visual cell | One of the cells of the retina that is sensitive to light |
Spanish | cono | |
Catalan | con de la retina, con |
Meaning | make cone-shaped. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "cone a tire" | |
Broader | bevel, chamfer | cut a bevel on |
Spanish | cortar en cono | |
Nouns | cone | any cone-shaped artifact |
cone | a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point |
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