nose cone
noun Rocketry.
the cone-shaped forward section of a rocket or guided missile, including a heat shield and containing the payload.
Origin of nose cone
First recorded in 1945–50
Words nearby nose cone
nosce te ipsum,
nose,
nose about,
nose bag,
nose candy,
nose cone,
nose dive,
nose drops,
nose ender,
nose flute,
nose glasses
Example sentences from the Web for nose cone
He kept right on going until his head banged painfully on the bottom of the nose-cone radar unit.
The Scarlet Lake Mystery |Harold Leland Goodwin
British Dictionary definitions for nose cone
nose cone
noun
the conical forward section of a missile, spacecraft, etc, designed to withstand high temperatures, esp during re-entry into the earth's atmosphere