horn
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1.8
- noun
- /hɔrn/
:
cuerno
- The principal weapon of the Scythian was the composite bow made from wood, horn and sinew.
- made of horn
- rhino horn
- ivory and horn
gallop, it's OK. Just nerdy face with thick horn rim glasses. Wait, let me
- gallop, it's OK. Just nerdy face with thick horn rim glasses. Wait, let me
- But in the end, the solution was to kind of sort of just flatten out the pole of the cattle to just change because it's fibrous, the horn of the cow.
Examples
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Unlike antelope, pronghorn shed their horns' outer sheaths annually.
Academic text (2007) -
Near dawn, a train horn woke me, mournful and steady.
Fiction book (1995) -
A moment later, we forgot about that conversation as the low whistle of a ship's horn caught our attention.
Fiction book (1999) -
The male goat is the king of Greece and the great horn between its eyes is the first king.
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This part is actually from a mold and the horns are from different molds.
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Unlike deer, pronghorn have forked horns made of keratin, not antlers, which are bone.
Academic text (2007) -
Both nails and claws are made of keratin, a tough, fibrous protein also found in horns, scales, hooves and hair.
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The scientific study revealed that elephant horns are primarily made of keratin, similar to human nails.
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Pronghorns have unique horns that differ from antlers, as they are composed of keratin and are not shed annually.
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Farmers often use horns made from sturdy materials to corral livestock in the field.
Idioms
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9.5
To sail around Cape Horn at the southern tip of South America, often in dangerous weather
Compounds
- Specialized
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5.8
High rounded front part of a Western saddle that riders use to hold a rope or grip
- Specialized
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7.7
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 Hard
Surface Forms
Etymology
Horn also came to mean the hard material of those points (the same kind of substance as fingernails), which is why people talk about a rhino's 'horn' as a material as well as a part of the animal.