cornets

Definition of cornetsnext
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 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. 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
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Noun
  • The Lincoln Park Zoo compares the animals' horns to handlebar mustaches above their ears.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The album the 48-year-old country-music star put out last May leans hard into mood, scale and theatricality — strings, horns, choirs, the whole shebang — built around the idea of pushing back against a culture that wants everything fast, familiar and instantly gratifying.
    Theoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 6 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • One day in 1930, as the story goes, Uncle Pat grew tired of eating pork tubes and splurged for steak at the butcher.
    Danielle Paquette The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The state has suggested that even teenaged siblings should be trained to stay home and care for children with breathing and feeding tubes.
    Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2026

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“Cornets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cornets. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.

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