Word.ws English Dictionary

cone of silence

cone of silence noun: a hypothetical device or instrument which prevents eavesdropping on a private conversation.

Noun

cone of silence (plural cones of silence)

  1. A hypothetical device or instrument which prevents eavesdropping on a private conversation.
  2. An order or directive which prohibits verbal communication about a particular subject.

cone of silence meaning in Tamil

cone of silence in Tamil

அமைதிக்கூம்பு

Forms of cone of silence

pluralcones of silence

Questions about cone of silence

What does cone of silence mean?
Cone of silence means a hypothetical device or instrument which prevents eavesdropping on a private conversation.
What is cone of silence in Tamil?
Cone of silence in Tamil is அமைதிக்கூம்பு. See Cone of silence meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cone of silence?
Cone of silence is a noun.
What is the plural of cone of silence?
The plural of cone of silence is cones of silence.

Words near cone of silence in the dictionary

  1. Cone Heads
  2. cone of confusion
  3. cone of death
  4. cone of power
  5. cone of shame
  6. cone of silence
  7. cone of uncertainty
  8. cone off
  9. cone pepper
  10. cone peppers
  11. cone plant

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: cone of silence (page history and authors); cone of silence (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “cone of silence.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/cone_of_silence. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.