as in horn
something shaped like a hollow cone and used as a container
cornets of pastry dough that were baked and later filled with cream
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Recent Examples of cornet
Was having the cornet player there that night in Philly unusual?
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Chris Willman, Variety, 26 Nov. 2023
Pacho Flores was the agile trumpeter, solid in tone throughout his range, brilliant on the cornet and mellow on the flugelhorn.
—Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2023
Bands in the 19th century had a wide range of formats and instrumentation, but all-brass ensembles were very common and often known as cornet bands.
—Catherine Baty, Baltimore Sun, 7 July 2023
Calling it a trumpet concerto is perhaps a misnomer: the soloist probably spends more time on cornets or flugelhorn than on the trumpet.
—Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2023
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Chris Willman, Variety, 26 Nov. 2023
Pacho Flores was the agile trumpeter, solid in tone throughout his range, brilliant on the cornet and mellow on the flugelhorn.
—Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2023
Bands in the 19th century had a wide range of formats and instrumentation, but all-brass ensembles were very common and often known as cornet bands.
—Catherine Baty, Baltimore Sun, 7 July 2023
Calling it a trumpet concerto is perhaps a misnomer: the soloist probably spends more time on cornets or flugelhorn than on the trumpet.
—Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cornet
Noun
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Two horns suddenly broke through, piercing the door.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
28 July 2025
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There's a place for decidedly low-tech measures, too, like off-grid, old-school extraordinarily loud horns that can be installed in high-risk areas that can scream a warning of danger for miles with absolutely no digital components.—
Theresa Payton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 July 2025
Noun
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There's a channel that runs down the bottom of the down tube that the cables sit in, held in place by a plastic cover that's screwed onto the frame.—
JOHN TIMMER,
ArsTechnica,
12 Aug. 2025
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An allied invention was the forming tube that compressed the yarns as the strand was made.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Cornet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cornet. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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