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
Instead of gridlock, internal combustion machines spewing their poisons, and maddened drivers sitting on their horns, there are masses of…bicycles!
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Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 1 July 2025
In photographs from Hemingway’s time, the most striking thing is how empty the route looks, with only a few dozen young farmhands scattering ahead of the bulls’ horns.
—Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2025
Another recent study revealed that gathering human DNA samples from rhino horns could potentially link suspects to crimes that could lead to arrests.
—Emese MacZko, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Patrick Walle’s horn solo up top sounded suspended in time, before an increasingly feral orchestra jerked us back to street level.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2025
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Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 1 July 2025
In photographs from Hemingway’s time, the most striking thing is how empty the route looks, with only a few dozen young farmhands scattering ahead of the bulls’ horns.
—Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2025
Another recent study revealed that gathering human DNA samples from rhino horns could potentially link suspects to crimes that could lead to arrests.
—Emese MacZko, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Patrick Walle’s horn solo up top sounded suspended in time, before an increasingly feral orchestra jerked us back to street level.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horn
Noun
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Housed in its signature slim silver tube, this sheer yet buildable lip color delivers a rich plum tint that magically flatters nearly everyone.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
8 July 2025
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Its attached solar panel charges all day, then automatically lights up the glass tube after hours for easier nighttime reading of the gauge.—
Molly Blanco,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 July 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
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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 16 Jul. 2025.
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