coned

Example Sentences

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The hole covering was unmarked and “not coned off nor identified in any way,” the complaint says.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2023

The ski-slope pre-credit sequence ought to be scooped and coned; and the climactic mine-shaft explosion looks like it cost a lot of money and geology.

From New York Times • May 28, 2020

“Right where the hole goes in, it slopes, and it’s flattened out, and it coned back down, and that was where some really loose sediment was, and I could stick my hands into it.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 24, 2018

He said: "What's happened is that the choke, or timbering covering the shaft, has failed and the bedrock has "coned" out under the tarmac to form quite an exciting hole."

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2018

The plate may be made of cast iron with hardened steel bushes to fit the coned holes.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua