adjective

• Having the shape of a cone.

  ‘The ancestral tooth shape is conical, but there are numerous variations depending on the diet of the fish.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘In these cases the whole structure has a more conical shape, with the apex down and its size expanding upwards.’
  • ‘Cut the dough in half, transfer one piece to a buttered bowl, and knead the dough to form a conical shape.’
  • ‘Due to the double conical shape, the lower part can be placed exactly inside the upper part.’
  • ‘Under that long nose is a pair of conical, carbonfibre crush cones.’
  • ‘The shape of the conical tower on the left is almost exactly the same as the shape of the view up the street.’
  • ‘The conical shape of a volcano became visible at first, its top slightly lopsided from the last time it erupted.’
  • ‘Ice pellets are quite moderate in size and are composed of clear ice, sometimes conical in shape.’
  • ‘They were conical in shape, balanced on thick pillars and set in the valley of the gods' sea.’
  • ‘Thus, unlike spherical and conical inserts the chisel insert may be directionally oriented about its center axis.’
  • ‘The four-bedroom houses have a conical shaped roof and turret shaped sitting rooms and come with a detached garage.’
  • ‘The interface between the oil and water will change shape depending on the voltage applied across the conical structure.’
  • ‘The space station has an odd shape, a donut with a conical re-entry vehicle at the center.’
  • ‘The gas is forced to spiral ever inwards towards the axis of the conical section with increasing tangential velocity.’
  • ‘Spherical disk blades provide better herbicide mixing than conical disk blades.’
  • ‘The dorsal outline of this species is slightly convex, whereas that of our material is nearly conical.’
  • ‘What appeared to be a green hologram of some sort of conical machine had taken up residence in the square, and there were crowds of black and red gathered around it.’
  • ‘In the south, conical grass huts provide warmth and safety from heavy rains and more variable climates.’
  • ‘The cortical area is clearly defined from the inverted conical or pyramid-shaped medulla.’
  • ‘Even the conical containers and the garden seating defied gravity.’

  Synonyms

  cone-shaped, tapered, tapering, pointed, funnel-shaped

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