cone-shaped

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At the Cozy Cone Motel, a string of cone-shaped food stalls sell quick bites such as swirled soft-serve cones.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

A funnel cloud is a rotating, cone-shaped column of air that extends downward from the base of a cloud but, unlike a tornado, does not reach the ground.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

The Apollo vessels were cone-shaped to maximize stability as the craft sped back to Earth through the atmosphere.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

Fossil evidence of Salterella -- a small, cone-shaped organism abundant in early Cambrian rocks -- reveals an unusual approach to skeleton building.

From Science Daily • Nov. 12, 2025

There was also a strange, cone-shaped, extremely fine mesh net—a foot across at the mouth and tapering to a point, and perhaps eight feet long—that made no sense to David at all.

From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen