traffic cone

noun

: a conical marker used on a road or highway (as for indicating an area under repair)

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But soon enough, the road was closed, first by traffic cones and then by six police horses. Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 16 Feb. 2025 And as our experience with traffic cones might suggest, Zoox is also still working out some areas of autonomous driving. Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 8 Jan. 2025 Michelle Silva placed a photo of her and her husband, José Luis Silva, next to the orange traffic cone that bore his name and the date of his death. Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 4 Jan. 2025 Capuchin monkeys patrolled the canopy, which climbed as high as 130 feet, and crabs the color of traffic cones scuttled over roots. Michael Snyder, Travel + Leisure, 15 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for traffic cone

Word History

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of traffic cone was in 1949

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“Traffic cone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/traffic%20cone. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.

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