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
Many families with children were at the parade, as the kids watched the series of vibrant floats with wide smiles, some wearing Mexican flags like superhero capes, others blowing into plastic horns.
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Daniella Silva, NBC news, 15 Sep. 2025
The animatronic Death Eater crouching on a bookshelf casts a spell, then Dolores Umbridge appears on a screen, then a rhinoceros-like Erumpent tries to gore the riders with its horn.
—Bianca Bosker, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2025
Whistles, horns or other noise makers.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 14 Sep. 2025
No surprise then that a company not averse to tooting its own horn spent much of the week horn-tooting.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
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Daniella Silva, NBC news, 15 Sep. 2025
The animatronic Death Eater crouching on a bookshelf casts a spell, then Dolores Umbridge appears on a screen, then a rhinoceros-like Erumpent tries to gore the riders with its horn.
—Bianca Bosker, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2025
Whistles, horns or other noise makers.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 14 Sep. 2025
No surprise then that a company not averse to tooting its own horn spent much of the week horn-tooting.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horn
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Newberry National Volcanic Monument Exploring Oregon's volcanic past—from caldera lakes to obsidian flows and lava tubes—is a must when visiting the state.—
Lauren Jones,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Sep. 2025
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In total, about 4,500 Marines and sailors are deployed, backed by a cruiser, destroyers, and a Los Angeles-class attack submarine equipped with more than 400 missile tubes capable of precision strikes.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
20 Sep. 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 26 Sep. 2025.
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