ice-cream cone

noun

: a thin crisp edible cone for holding ice cream
also : one filled with ice cream

Examples of ice-cream cone in a Sentence

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The surprised waitress gave me a free vanilla ice-cream cone. — Chloé Hayden, refinery29.com, 30 Aug. 2022 You’re not supposed to get an ice-cream cone for playing hard and having fun. — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 15 Sep. 2020 Today, just getting an ice-cream cone successfully feels like magic. — Eva Hagberg, The Atlantic, 22 Sep. 2020 The risible subplots range from the narrow-minded moms in Billie's social circle to Cooper's work dynamics, which include a boss (Li Jun Li) who looks at him the way kids eye an ice-cream cone. — Brian Lowry, CNN, 25 June 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1905, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of ice-cream cone was in 1905

Rhymes for ice-cream cone

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“Ice-cream cone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice-cream%20cone. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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ice-cream cone

noun
: a crisp cone-shaped wafer for holding ice cream
also : one filled with ice cream

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