Usually means: Shielding zone for private conversations.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. cone of silence: Merriam-Webster
  2. cone of silence: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cone of silence: Infoplease Dictionary
  4. cone of silence: Dictionary.com
  5. Cone of Silence (Get Smart), Cone of Silence (device), Cone of Silence (disambiguation), Cone of Silence (film), Cone of Silence, Cone of silence (radar), Cone of silence: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. cone of silence: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  7. cone of silence: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. cone of silence: Wiktionary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. The Cone of Silence, cone of silence: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cone of silence: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (cone of silence)

noun:  (radio) A hypothetical device or instrument which prevents eavesdropping on a private conversation.
noun:  (communication) An order or directive which prohibits verbal communication about a particular subject.

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