| Front | cone |kəʊn| |
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| Back | noun 1 a solid or hollow object which tapers from a circular or roughly circular base to a point. 2 the dry fruit of a conifer, typically tapering to a rounded end and formed of a tight array of overlapping scales on a central axis which separate to release the seeds. 3 Anatomy one of two types of light-sensitive cell in the retina of the eye, responding mainly to bright light and responsible for sharpness of vision and colour perception. Compare with rod ( sense 5). verb ( cone something off ) Brit. separate off or mark a road with traffic cones: |
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