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Horn

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Noun

1. horn

a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it

2. horn

one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates

3. horn

a noise made by the driver of an automobile to give warning

4. horn, saddle horn

a high pommel of a Western saddle (usually metal covered with leather)

5. cornet, horn, trump, trumpet

a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves

6. horn

any hard protuberance from the head of an organism that is similar to or suggestive of a horn

7. horn

the material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails

8. horn

a device having the shape of a horn

Example Sentences:
'horns at the ends of a new moon'
'the hornof an anvil'
'the cleat had two horns'

9. horn

an alarm device that makes a loud warning sound

10. french horn, horn

a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves

11. automobile horn, car horn, hooter, horn, motor horn

a device on an automobile for making a warning noise

Verb

12. horn, tusk

stab or pierce with a horn or tusk

Example Sentences:
'the rhino horned the explorer'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Horn

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noun
1. 
either of a pair of permanent outgrowths on the heads of cattle, antelopes, sheep, etc, consisting of a central bony core covered with layers of keratin
▶ Related adjectives: corneous, keratoid
2. 
the outgrowth from the nasal bone of a rhinoceros, consisting of a mass of fused hairs
3. 
any hornlike projection or process, such as the eyestalk of a snail
4. 
the antler of a deer
5. 
a. 
the constituent substance, mainly keratin, of horns, hooves, etc
b. 
(in combination)
horn-rimmed spectacles
6. 
a container or device made from this substance or an artificial substitute
a shoe horn
a drinking horn
7. 
an object or part resembling a horn in shape, such as the points at either end of a crescent, the point of an anvil, the pommel of a saddle, or a cornucopia
8. 
a primitive musical wind instrument made from the horn of an animal
9. 
any musical instrument consisting of a pipe or tube of brass fitted with a mouthpiece, with or without valves
hunting horn, French horn, cor anglais
10. jazz slang
any wind instrument
11. 
a. 
a device for producing a warning or signalling noise
b. 
(in combination)
a foghorn
12. US, Canadian and Australian an informal name for telephone
13. (usually plural)
the hornlike projection attributed to certain devils, deities, etc
14. (usually plural)
the imaginary hornlike parts formerly supposed to appear on the forehead of a cuckold
15. Also called: horn balance
an extension of an aircraft control surface that projects in front of the hinge providing aerodynamic assistance in moving the control
16. 
a. Also called: acoustic horn, exponential horn
a hollow conical device coupled to the diaphragm of a gramophone to control the direction and quality of the sound
b. 
any such device used to spread or focus sound, such as the device attached to an electrical loudspeaker in a public address system
c. Also called: horn antenna
a microwave aerial, formed by flaring out the end of a waveguide
17. geology another name for pyramidal peak
18. 
a stretch of land or water shaped like a horn
19. British vulgar, slang
an erection of the penis
20. Bible
a symbol of power, victory, or success
in my name shall his horn be exalted
21.  blow one's horn
22.  draw in one's horns
23.  on the horns of a dilemma
verb (transitive)
24. 
to provide with a horn or horns
25. 
to gore or butt with a horn
noun
Cape

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Horn

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Capecape on an island (Horn Island) in Tierra del Fuego, Chile: southernmost point of South America
noun
1. 
a. 
a hard, hollow, bony or keratinous, permanent projection that grows on the head of various hoofed animals, esp. bovid ruminants
b. 
an antler
2. 
anything that protrudes naturally from the head of an animal, as one of the tentacles of a snail, a tuft of feathers on certain birds, etc.
3.  [usually pl.]
the projections imagined as growing on the brow of a cuckold
4. 
a. 
the substance that horns are made of
b. 
any similar, now often synthetic, substance
5. 
a. 
a container made by hollowing out a horn
a powder horn
b. 
a drink contained in a horn
6. 
cornucopia
7. 
anything shaped like or suggesting a horn
; specif.,
a. 
a peninsula or cape
b. 
either end of a crescent
c. 
the pointed part of an anvil
d.  US
a projection above the pommel of a cowboy's saddle
8. 
a. 
an instrument made of horn and sounded by blowing, as the shofar
b. 
any brass instrument; specif., French horn
c.  US, Jazz
any wind instrument
9. 
a device with a kind of blaring sound for signaling or warning
10.  Bible
an emblem of glory, strength, or honor
11.  Electronics
a. 
a horn-shaped speaker
b. 
a horn-shaped antenna
12.  Geology
a jagged mountain peak resulting from the erosion of several cirques, as the Matterhorn in the Alps
verb transitive
13. 
to strike, butt, or gore with the horns
14. 
to furnish with horns
15.  Archaic
to cuckold
adjective
16. 
made of horn
horn-rimmed glasses

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Horn

see synonyms of horn
n.
1. One of the hard, usually permanent structures projecting from the head of certain mammals, such as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes, consisting of a bony core covered with a sheath of keratinous material.
2. A hard protuberance, such as an antler or projection on the head of a giraffe or rhinoceros, that is similar to or suggestive of a horn.
3.
a. The hard smooth keratinous material forming the outer covering of the horns of cattle or related animals.
b. A natural or synthetic substance resembling this material.
4. A container, such as a powder horn, made from a horn.
5. Something having the shape of a horn, especially:
a. A horn of plenty; a cornucopia.
b. Either of the ends of a new moon.
c. The point of an anvil.
d. The pommel of a saddle.
e. An ear trumpet.
f. A device for projecting sound waves, as in a loudspeaker.
g. A hollow, metallic electromagnetic transmission antenna with a circular or rectangular cross section.
6. Music
a. A wind instrument made of an animal horn.
b. A brass instrument, such as a trombone or tuba.
c. A French horn.
d. A wind instrument, such as a trumpet or saxophone, used in a jazz band.
7.
a. A usually electrical signaling device that produces a loud resonant sound:an automobile horn.
b. Any of various noisemakers operated by blowing or by squeezing a hollow rubber ball.
8. Slang A telephone.
intr.v.horned, horn·ing, horns
To join without being invited; intrude. Used with in.
A headland of extreme southern Chile in the Tierra del Fuego archipelago. The southernmost point of South America, it was first rounded in 1616 by the Dutch navigator Willem Schouten (died 1625), who named it after his birthplace, Hoorn. It is notorious for its storms and heavy seas.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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