cones

Noun

• any cone-shaped artifact
• a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point
• cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts
• a visual receptor cell in the retina that is sensitive to bright light and to color
• plural of cone

Verb

• make cone-shaped
• deprive of by deceit
• commit to memory; learn by heart
• third-person singular simple present indicative of cone

Synonyms

bunco, con, cone, cone cell, cone shape, conoid, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, learn, memorise, memorize, mulct, nobble, retinal cone, rook, scam, short-change, strobile, strobilus, swindle, victimize