cone-shaped

  • 71funnel shaped — Synonyms and related words: boat shaped, boatlike, bowl shaped, bowllike, cavelike, cavernous, concave, concaved, cone shaped, coned, conelike, conic, craterlike, cup shaped, cupped, cymbiform, dish shaped, dished, dishing, dishlike, funnel… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 72talus cone —    A steep (e.g., 30 40.), cone shaped landform at the base of a cliff or escarpment that heads in a relatively small declivity or ravine, and composed of poorly sorted rock and soil debris that has accumulated primarily by episodic rockfall or,… …

    Glossary of landform and geologic terms

  • 73sand cone — noun 1. : a low pinnacle of ice on a glacier protected from melting by a veneer of sand 2. : a cone shaped mass of sandy debris deposited especially in an alluvial cone * * * sand cone, a low, conical projection of glacial ice the rapid melting… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 74Top-shaped — a. Having the shape of a top; (Bot.) cone shaped, with the apex downward; turbinate. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 75alluvial cone — ☆ alluvial cone n. a steep, narrow, cone shaped alluvial fan formed where a swift stream suddenly slows down, as where an upland stream emerges abruptly into a level plain * * * …

    Universalium

  • 76snow cone — n AmE crushed ice with a coloured sweet liquid poured over it, served in a ↑cone shaped paper cup …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 77inner cone — A cone shaped part in the tailpipe of a gas turbine engine, just aft of the turbine wheel, forming part of the exhaust cone …

    Aviation dictionary

  • 78Mach cone — The cone shaped shock wave produced by a sharp pointed object moving through the atmosphere at a speed greater than Mach 1. The area bounded by the sides of an oblique shock wave forms the Mach cone …

    Aviation dictionary

  • 79nose cone — nose′ cone n. rkt the cone shaped forward section of a rocket or guided missile, including a heat shield and containing the payload …

    From formal English to slang

  • 80alluvial cone — ☆ alluvial cone n. a steep, narrow, cone shaped alluvial fan formed where a swift stream suddenly slows down, as where an upland stream emerges abruptly into a level plain …

    English World dictionary