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
Nevertheless, Gadson’s father, Harold, bought him and his brother, Thomas, cornets to play in their school’s drum and bugle corps, Gadson recalled in author Jim Payne’s The Great Drummers of R&B, Funk & Soul.
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Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2026
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.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 July 2025
Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2026
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.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 July 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cornets
Noun
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As fans crossed Main Street downtown, vehicles with Algerian flags honked their horns.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
19 June 2026
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The squishy bass line leads into Ringo Starr’s identifiable drumming and a surprising blast of horns, urging the song from a midtempo head-nodder to a comfortable gallop.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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Recent studies of the river outlet works have shown that managers can operate the backup tubes continuously in a safe way, said Katrina Grantz, the deputy regional director for Reclamation’s Upper Colorado Region, at a conference in Boulder earlier this month.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
21 June 2026
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The Deschutes River courses right through town, and people love to drift down the river with tubes, stand-up paddle boards, and the occasional inflatable unicorn.—
Sierra Vandervort,
Travel + Leisure,
20 June 2026
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“Cornets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cornets. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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