cornets

plural of cornet
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. IEEE Spectrum, 24 July 2025
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Noun
  • Cars passed, some beeping their horns.
    David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Whistles, horns or other noise makers.
    Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Such tubes are supposed to be brought to Earth for study by NASA's Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission campaign.
    Andrew Jones, Space.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • In total, approximately 4,500 Marines and sailors are deployed, supported by a cruiser, several destroyers, and a Los Angeles-class attack submarine equipped with more than 400 missile tubes capable of precision strikes.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025

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“Cornets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cornets. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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