cone

  1. Noun.  (geometry) A surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line.
  2. Noun.  (geometry) A solid of revolution formed by rotating a triangle around one of its altitudes.
  3. Noun.  (topology) A space formed by taking the direct product of a given space with a closed interval and identifying all of one end to a point.
  4. Noun.  Anything shaped like a cone.''The Illustrated Oxford Dictionary'', Oxford University Press, 1998.
  5. Noun.  The fruit of a conifer..
  6. Noun.  An ice cream cone..
  7. Noun.  A unit of volume, applied solely to marijuana and only while it is in a smokable state; roughly 1.5 cubic centimetres, depending on use.
  8. Noun.  Any of the small cone-shaped structures in the retina..
  9. Noun.  (slang) The bowl piece on a bong.
  10. Noun.  (slang) The process of smoking cannabis in a bong.
  11. Noun.  (slang) A cone-shaped cannabis joint.
  12. Verb.  (context, pottery) To fashion into the shape of a ''cone''.

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