Used to describe something that is cone-shaped, often in specific contexts like salt mounds or geographical features. The term is not a general adjective for 'cone-shaped' but a noun referring to a cone-shaped object or formation.
A mountain shaped like a salt cone is visible.
In this region, there is a landform called a salt cone.
Compound of 塩 (shio, 'salt') and 尻 (shiri, 'buttocks; end'), literally 'salt bottom' or 'salt end'. The term likely refers to the cone-shaped mound formed when salt is piled up, or to a geographical feature resembling such a shape. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.