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
Yates family members said Ebert drove up honking his horn and yelling obscenities, during which surveillance footage shows William backed into the driveway to avoid getting hit, throwing a rock at Ebert’s car.
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2026
Prosecutors said Ebert and the elder Yates exchanged words after the suspect blew his horn and shouted obscenities at the septuagenarian victim’s daughter and son-in-law while in the driveway of a residential property.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 2 Apr. 2026
His family members told police Ebert had driven to the house, honked his horn and yelled profanities before striking the elder Yates with his car, an incident apparently captured on surveillance video.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 2 Apr. 2026
The species' males are recognizable by their large, twisted horns.
—Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 1 Apr. 2026
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2026
Prosecutors said Ebert and the elder Yates exchanged words after the suspect blew his horn and shouted obscenities at the septuagenarian victim’s daughter and son-in-law while in the driveway of a residential property.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 2 Apr. 2026
His family members told police Ebert had driven to the house, honked his horn and yelled profanities before striking the elder Yates with his car, an incident apparently captured on surveillance video.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 2 Apr. 2026
The species' males are recognizable by their large, twisted horns.
—Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 1 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horn
Noun
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Also, there are giant tubes blowing air and you’re covered from the sun.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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Schiller's sister ripped the medical tubes from his arms.—
Troy Roberts,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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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
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Larkin lifted a shot into the upper left-hand cornet of the net during a four-on-four situation in between DeBrincat's goals.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
16 Nov. 2025
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“Horn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horn. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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