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horn-shaped

horn-shaped

3.7
Curved and narrow at one end, ending in a point
  • adjective
  • /hɔrn-ʃeɪpt/
translation icon : en forma de cuerno
  • The horn-shaped vase added an elegant touch to the dining table.

Examples

  • And Bell Labs had one: a king-size, horn-shaped antenna that could focus and detect weak signals.

    Academic text (2003)

  • The only thing that was all over their fancy horn-shaped antenna yet didn't change was the pigeon poop.

    Academic text (2003)

  • "It holds that when it blows, it leaves behind a horn-shaped remnant smaller than an atom, weighing about a hundred-thousandth of a gram."

    Fiction book (1995)

  • She wore a horn-shaped hat that caught everyone's attention at the festival.

  • The horn-shaped shell washed up on the beach, glistening in the sunlight.

Synonyms

hornlike
vshorn-shaped
6.3

Shaped like a horn

focuses specifically on a curved tapering shape rather than material or general look

How Pointed

pointed
1 1.8
horn-shaped
3.7
tapered
1 4.5
rounded
1 2.4

Surface Forms

horn-shaped positive

Morphology

horn-shaped = horn + shaped (transparent) = horn + shape + ed

The phrase is a straightforward compound meaning 'shaped like a horn', so the relation between the parts and the overall meaning is clear.

Etymology

The word horn-shaped comes from horn ('animal horn') and shaped ('made like'), giving a simple picture of something like a horn. It means an object that curves and becomes thin to a point, which is why we call shells, flowers, or vases that look like a horn horn-shaped.