traffic cone

noun

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

Examples of traffic cone in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And all around the ballpark, fans show their emotional investment with orange traffic cones – printed on shirts, turned into hats, tiny ones hung on earrings, and full-sized ones heaved unwieldily around the stands. —Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 4 May 2026

In 2009, then-NYC Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan put out some traffic cones and beach chairs in Times Square, and a great city’s relationship with its streets began to change. —Jonathan Timm, New York Daily News, 3 May 2026

While putting down traffic cones at the scene, authorities say a motorcycle driver traveling at a high rate of speed lost control and was ejected from his vehicle. —Dan Raby, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026

This Monday, however, the 2,030 foot-long pool sat completely empty, save for a smattering of construction vehicles, portable toilets and traffic cones. —Rachel Treisman, NPR, 28 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for traffic cone

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