coned

See also: Con Ed

English

Etymology

cone +‎ -ed

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊnd

Adjective

coned (not comparable)

1. segregated or delineated by traffic cones (of an area)
   • 2005, Anthony Dowson, Keith E. J. Morris, “Soccer Games”, in Fun and Games: 100 Sport-related Activities for Ages 5-16‎^[1], Human Kinetics, →ISBN, page 144:

     Give each participant a soccer ball and instruct them to dribble their ball around the coned area.

2. (conical) Shaped like a cone.
   • 1964 April, G. Freeman Allen, “The BRB shows traders the Liner train prototypes”, in Modern Railways, page 265:

     The Liner train wagon is a simple underframe on bogies, with coned location points that engage recesses in the container bases.

Verb

coned

1. simple past and past participle of cone

   He coned the top of the pottery to make it look like a dunce cap.

Anagrams

• CODEN, Conde, coend, conde, decon, onced