Definition of Cone-shaped

1. Adjective. Relating to or resembling a cone. "Conelike fruit"

Exact synonyms: Conelike, Conic, Conical
Partainyms: Cone, Cone, Cone, Cone
Derivative terms: Cone, Cone, Conic, Cone, Cone, Cone

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cone-shaped

condylomatous
condylotomy
condylus
condylus humeri
condylus lateralis femoris
condylus lateralis tibiae
condylus medialis
condylus medialis femoris
condylus medialis tibiae
condylus occipitalis
cone-bearing
cone-in-cone
cone-nosed bug
cone-shaped (current term)
cone biopsy
cone cells
cone clutch
cone degeneration
cone disks
cone down
cone dystrophy
cone fibre
cone friction clutch
cone granule
cone of light
cone pepper

Literary usage of Cone-shaped

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"... and far above could be traced a flat cone-shaped summit with a telegraph- tower behind it. Half-an-hour later they stepped out of the vehicle once more, ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... only a period of 10000 years to form the cone-shaped bank at its mouth on the Lake of Geneva. In this bank Roman bricks were found at a depth of Г2 m.; ..."

3. The Antiquities of Tennessee and the Adjacent States, and the State of by Gates Phillips Thruston (1897)
"... and sometimes north of the Ohio river. Several types are represented in Fig. 199. Fio. 199. — cone-shaped OBJECTS The illustrations, however, ..."

4. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1892)
"My observations differ from those of Wagner only in this respect, that I find the cone- shaped depression of the integument more pronounced ..."

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