as in tube
something shaped like a hollow cone and used as a container
musketeers carrying their gunpowder in powder horns
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Recent Examples of horn
Cars passed, some beeping their horns.
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David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
The famed actor played the French horn and trumpet in his school orchestra between the fifth and twelfth grades.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
Carter has been to multiple honor bands in the region and plans to continue to play horn/mellophone in college.
—Andy Humbles, Nashville Tennessean, 26 Sep. 2025
Rhinos often are poached for their horns, which are sold on the black market as medicine and as a symbol of wealth and status.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
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David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
The famed actor played the French horn and trumpet in his school orchestra between the fifth and twelfth grades.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
Carter has been to multiple honor bands in the region and plans to continue to play horn/mellophone in college.
—Andy Humbles, Nashville Tennessean, 26 Sep. 2025
Rhinos often are poached for their horns, which are sold on the black market as medicine and as a symbol of wealth and status.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horn
Noun
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Specifically, they have been designed to explore lava tubes or underground tunnels formed by ancient volcanic activity that may exist on the moon.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Oct. 2025
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While it hasn't been made mandatory, drivers are encouraged to wear the cooling vest that features tubes.—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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For the album, he's backed by Americana favorites including Gabe Witcher on violin (Punch Brothers, Rosanne Cash), Sebastian Steinberg on bass (Fiona Apple, Phoebe Bridgers), and Charles De Castro on accordion and cornet (Keb' Mo').—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
15 Aug. 2025
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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,
IEEE Spectrum,
24 July 2025
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“Horn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horn. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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