ice-cream cone
Americannoun
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a thin, crisp, hollow conical wafer for holding one or more scoops of ice cream.
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such a cone with the ice cream it contains.
noun
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a conical edible wafer for holding ice cream
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such a cone containing ice cream
Etymology
Origin of ice-cream cone
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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And recently, the restaurant chain gave the chatbots a big job: taking orders across one of the days where the chain ran a promotion for customers to get a free ice-cream cone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
Gregg Carlstrom, the Economist’s Middle East correspondent, agreed: “Nothing says ‘we’re taking this seriously’ like talking about a war that has killed ~30,000 people with an ice-cream cone halfway to your mouth.”
From Slate ● Feb. 28, 2024
So is her draped tunic and the hard, coifed cap that substitutes for soft hair, like an ice-cream cone dipped in chocolate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2021
He once boarded the team bus with an ice-cream cone.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 2, 2020
There’s a neon sign on the wall shaped like an ice-cream cone, black-and-white tiled floors, and a jukebox in the corner.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
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