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
In the distance, a car horn blared.
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Monroe Trombly, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Jan. 2026
There’s always a smattering of applause, maybe some air horns from the game operations people, and then the player walks back to the sideline huddle before the game begins, looking pretty bored/focused.
—Zach Harper, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
Living on Debra Drive has changed drastically thanks to unwanted horns and vibrations.
—Samantha Chaney, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2026
Lloromannic, a little devil duo consisting of Berry, a demon boy with big ram horns, and Cherry, his cunning demon girl counterpart; Lovelymocha, best friend of Cinnamoroll; U*SA*HA*NA is a lively, colorful rabbit.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 1 Jan. 2026
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Monroe Trombly, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Jan. 2026
There’s always a smattering of applause, maybe some air horns from the game operations people, and then the player walks back to the sideline huddle before the game begins, looking pretty bored/focused.
—Zach Harper, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
Living on Debra Drive has changed drastically thanks to unwanted horns and vibrations.
—Samantha Chaney, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2026
Lloromannic, a little devil duo consisting of Berry, a demon boy with big ram horns, and Cherry, his cunning demon girl counterpart; Lovelymocha, best friend of Cinnamoroll; U*SA*HA*NA is a lively, colorful rabbit.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 1 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horn
Noun
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Mounted externally on the KSOT, the ‘Piranha’ torpedo was loaded into the starboard-side launch tube.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Nov. 2025
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Acid reflux occurs when stomach acid travels back up from the stomach into the esophagus (tube connecting the throat to the stomach).—
Merve Ceylan,
Health,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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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 11 Jan. 2026.
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