horn
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1.4
- noun
- /hɔrn/
:
cuerno
- I found Mr. Willoughby's man in the conservatory, polishing the horn of the gramophone.
- a horn-shaped ornament
- drinking horn
- a horn-shaped antenna
Try and pull up a microwave horn antenna on the Internet.
- Try and pull up a microwave horn antenna on the Internet.
- If you've got a shoe horn, shoe horn, you red pilled on shoe horn.
- It's like a, but it's a, it's a horn of some sort.
Examples
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Also second thing, my horn is currently broken again.
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Well, my horn arrangement's killer.
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Try and pull up a microwave horn antenna on the Internet.
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I pulled it along the ground behind me, the horns serving as runners across the snow.
Fiction book (1991) -
Final decoration step, add our horn and ears.
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The mouthpiece stands out from the horn's surface and is ribbed around the side.
Academic text (1999) -
And Bell Labs had one: a king-size, horn-shaped antenna that could focus and detect weak signals.
Academic text (2003) -
The truck's horn blared loudly, alerting pedestrians to move out of the way.
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She played a beautiful melody on her horn during the concert last night.
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The musician polished his trumpet, which is a type of horn, before the performance.
Synonyms
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1.1
A loud sound a driver makes to warn others or get attention
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4.2
A metal wind instrument with a long coiled tube that makes a warm, rounded sound
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3.0
A loud horn that uses compressed air to make a strong sound on trucks or ships
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2.1
A device on a car that makes a loud sound to warn people
A part on a vehicle that makes a loud sound to warn people
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
1
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 Pointed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Horn can mean any part or small device that sticks out and is shaped like an animal horn, because people used the animal horn as a clear image for things with the same curved, pointy shape.