Examples of “cone” in a Sentence

noun A solid shape with a circular base that narrows smoothly to a single point.

• The ice cream sat on top of a crisp waffle cone.
• She drew a cone on the whiteboard to explain the volume formula.
• The party hat was shaped like a cone and covered in glitter.

noun A bright orange plastic marker, shaped like a cone, used to mark off areas on roads.

• Workers set out traffic cones around the pothole.
• The lane was closed off with a row of cones.
• Drivers had to slow down and steer around the cone in the road.

noun The woody, scaly fruit produced by pine and other conifer trees.

• Pine cones littered the forest floor.
• She collected fir cones for a Christmas decoration.
• The squirrel carried a cone up the tree and began to nibble.

noun One of the light-sensitive cells in the retina responsible for detecting color.

• Cones in the eye let us see color, while rods handle low light.
• People who have faulty cones in their eyes may struggle to tell red from green.
• The retina contains millions of rods and a smaller number of cones.