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 Ready For a Challenge A figure designated as Fate here shadows Carmen, sweeping the floor with a ruffled train and sporting a skull mask, the golden horns of a bull at the end of his arms. Guillermo Perez, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2025 Conrad and Maeve lock horns over Eddie but agree on a plan B. Episode Four: Harry pays a visit to Antoine at the urging of Bella. Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025 This uncertainty is something else encouraging consumers to pull in their horns. The Editors, National Review, 1 May 2025 Pair Modern With Traditional In this home, new-wave elements like the acrylic light fixture are paired with Old-World aesthetics like the deer-print runner and decorative horn piece. Katie Akin, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for horn
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  • The smoke travels up almost 100 feet of steel and copper tubes to the chimney and the world beyond. 21h ago / 1:45 AM PDT Share Panini, water and a telescopic folding stool: how to survive the conclave Alexander Smith Reporting from Vatican City For the avid smokewatcher, preparation is key.
    Katie Primm, NBC news, 9 May 2025
  • Among the artifacts recovered were 23 items associated with using psychoactive plants: short snuff tubes, flat tablets, and small spoons, all made of animal bone except for one made of a marine mollusk shell.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 5 May 2025
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  • Hudson joined a family of musicians: his father played flute, drums, cornet and the saxophone, performing regularly in local dance bands, while his mother was a vocalist, who also played the accordion and piano.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 21 Jan. 2025
  • In the late-aughts, at the restaurant French Laundry, in Yountville, California, Lena Kwak was tasked with finding a gluten-free alternative to the restaurant's iconic salmon cornets—small, crunchy wafer cones filled with salmon tartare to signal the beginning of the meal.
    Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appétit, 15 Mar. 2024

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“Horn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horn. Accessed 18 May. 2025.

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