ice-cream cone
American
[ahys-kreem]
/ ˈaɪsˌkrim /
noun
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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.
ice-cream cone
British
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
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