Thesaurus results for HORN

horn

noun

ˈhȯrn

Definition of horn

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 Louisville forward Flory Bidunga embraced his former Kansas teammate Tre White after the final horn of the Cardinals’ 89-83 exhibition victory over the Jayhawks on Wednesday night at Allen Fieldhouse. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026 The bus driver honked his horn to alert the Jeep driver to stop. — Logan Hall, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 Not to keep tooting GPT's horn, but since its abysmal 2-8 start (including 0-5 in Week 1), the robot is now 9-6 over the past three weeks. — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026 With a pair of real horns, one of them plays the bull by gliding toward the fuchsia bullfighting cape. — Eyder Peralta, NPR, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for horn

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Noun

Several kids braved the 37-foot-tall slide, their screams echoing from inside the metal tube before popping out (usually with a smile).

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 23 Oct. 2026
These small tubes return water and nutrients to the blood and help form urine.

— MD Published, Verywell Health, 23 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Bolden works as a barber during the day, and as a cornet player at night.

— Amitava Kumar, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026
In 1914 the family moved to Little Rock, where Powell sang in high school productions and learned to play several instruments including the cornet, clarinet and saxophone.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 May 2026