horn
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- noun
- /hɔrn/
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cuerno
- That's because a bull thrust its horns in an upward motion.
- animal horns
- horns on the head
- horns and antlers
It's a man's body with like a goat head with horns, bullhead with horns.
- It's a man's body with like a goat head with horns, bullhead with horns.
- It has these massive, like the horns are foot tall, right?
- That's that's Pan, the devil with the horns and the shaggy legs playing the flute.
- Yeah, now the male doesn't have this Big Horn to bully the the woman into mating.
- There I am, a cenotaph of horns and stones.
- Teeth and horns and claws, nature red and tooth and claw.
- But there was a rope around its head tying on some horns onto the cow.
Examples
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The farmer admired the large, twisted horns of the majestic bull in his field.
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And then as they get older, the horns grow forward.
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You pass by the horns of the bull, right?
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Alongside his nose, he grew two horns.
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- It is a bull as tall as this house, its horns long as my arms, when it runs the earth shakes.
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The four-legged creature on this bracteate has horns and a tail, and a line protrudes from its mouth.
Academic text (1999) -
During the safari, we saw a rhinoceros with impressive horns that sparkled in the sunlight.
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The museum displayed a collection of ancient tools made from the horns of animals hunted by early humans.
Idioms
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To sail around Cape Horn at the southern tip of South America, often in dangerous weather
Compounds
- Specialized
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High rounded front part of a Western saddle that riders use to hold a rope or grip
- Specialized
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A part at the back of the spinal cord that receives signals from nerves for touch and pain
- Specialized
A low clarinet that plays lower notes than the B-flat clarinet and is used in orchestras and chamber music
- Specialized
The front part of the spinal cord that contains nerve cells controlling muscles
A river that flows from northern Wyoming into the Bighorn River in southern Montana known for Custer's Last Stand
A region in northeast Africa that includes Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea, and eastern Ethiopia
- Archaic
A small brass instrument like a trumpet that coach drivers use to signal when a coach arrives or leaves
- Specialized
Back part of the spinal cord that receives signals from the body about touch and pain
A large branching coral shaped like deer antlers that grows on shallow tropical reefs
- Specialized
Front part of the spinal cord that has nerve cells sending signals to muscles
How Pointed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Horn comes from an old German word hurn meaning 'point' or 'thing that sticks out', so it first named the hard, pointed growth on animals like cows or the mythical unicorn.