Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or shaped like a cone.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the form of a cone; coniform; cone-shaped: as, a conical mountain; a conical cap.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective geometry Of or relating to a
cone or cones. - adjective Shaped like a cone.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to or resembling a cone
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Examples
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The ensemble welcomed me with a song as deafening as it was spirited — to which I could imagine men in conical fur hats hurling aside tables and performing the famous, tendon-tearing Cossack squat-and-kick dance called the kazachok.
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The ensemble welcomed me with a song as deafening as it was spirited — to which I could imagine men in conical fur hats hurling aside tables and performing the famous, tendon-tearing Cossack squat-and-kick dance called the kazachok.
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The ensemble welcomed me with a song as deafening as it was spirited — to which I could imagine men in conical fur hats hurling aside tables and performing the famous, tendon-tearing Cossack squat-and-kick dance called the kazachok.
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Most common was the 8-bore, which fired a 1,250-grain conical bullet at about 1500 fps.
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Most common was the 8-bore, which fired a 1,250-grain conical bullet at about 1500 fps.
Big Bores 2004
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Men accustomed to raise these structures for their dead kings or conquerors would carry the usage with them in their migrations, but arriving in Egypt, and seeing the impossibility of finding earth sufficiently tenacious for a mound, they would approximate as nearly as might be to their ancient custom by raising up a round heap of stones — in short, conical pyramids.
Eothen 2003
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As I wrestled with my chopsticks, I watched women in conical bamboo hats called non, carrying their burdens on a bentwood beam (don danh) slung over both shoulders to support two enormous baskets.
Barnett, Robert W. 1977
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Slowly climbing the stairs, shoulders sagging, and head bent, was a beloved figure in conical hat and long, black cloak!
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Men accustomed to raise these structures for their dead kings or conquerors would carry the usage with them in their migrations, but arriving in Egypt, and seeing the impossibility of finding earth sufficiently tenacious for a mound, they would approximate as nearly as might be to their ancient custom by raising up a round heap of stones — in short, conical pyramids.
Eothen, or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East Alexander William Kinglake 1850
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I had to figure out which one worked best: The elliptical stayed in the groove, so I had to use the conical, which is shaped more like a nail, but worked when I scratched it.
Wired Top Stories 2009
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