ice-cream cone

[ ahys-kreem ]

noun

1. a thin, crisp, hollow conical wafer for holding one or more scoops of ice cream.
2. such a cone with the ice cream it contains.

ice-cream cone

noun

1. a conical edible wafer for holding ice cream
2. such a cone containing ice cream

Word History and Origins

Origin of ice-cream cone¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Music blared from loudspeakers as kids from the River Heights Dance School tapped across the stage in ice-cream cone costumes.

From Literature

Lesa Hall, a Jamaican designer of luxury maternity clothes and former beauty queen, recently posted on Instagram an ice-cream cone — with a 24-karat-gold-leaf on top.

From Seattle Times

The towel falls to the ground, and the ice-cream cone slides down my dress, my black velvet dress.

From Literature

So is her draped tunic and the hard, coifed cap that substitutes for soft hair, like an ice-cream cone dipped in chocolate.

From Los Angeles Times

He once boarded the team bus with an ice-cream cone.

From Washington Post