cone-shaped
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A video from 2015 shows how, in Ojibwe tradition, dancers provide healing through the rhythmic music created, with every step they take, by the numerous cone-shaped bells that adorn their jingle-dresses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 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
Instead, it slowly traces out a cone-shaped motion known as precession.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 19, 2026
Every building, at the place where the wall met the roof, was equipped with a row of floodlights—big cone-shaped lamps that cast a strong yellow glare.
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
