as in horns
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 cornets
While recovering from cancer, Jackson pursued his lifelong dream of designing and measuring the acoustical properties of woodwind instruments, particularly Renaissance-era flutes, crumhorns, and cornets.
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IEEE Spectrum, 24 July 2025
IEEE Spectrum, 24 July 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cornets
Noun
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As the speeches began, chaos consumed the day as air horns were blasted, pages from pornographic magazines thrown down from the balconies and white mice released on to the floor, before the ‘nun’ started dancing up and down the aisles shouting comic profanity.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
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The trumpets lend a romantic, even sensual touch to this anthem of desperate love, complemented by the vocals of Ricardo Yocupicio and Geovanni Mondragón and the rest of the instrumentation, which includes the essential tuba, clarinets, and horns.—
Luisa Calle,
Billboard,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Keep boots upright and orderly by using boot trees, cardboard tubes, or even a short length of PVC pipe.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
8 Jan. 2026
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Unopened tubes and cans are both shelf-stable, but once opened, the difference is significant.—
Anne Wolf,
Martha Stewart,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Cornets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cornets. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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