as in tubes
something shaped like a hollow cone and used as a container
musketeers carrying their gunpowder in powder horns
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of horns
Three minutes in, law enforcement sirens go off and there are more car horns.
—
Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 12 Jan. 2026
Other video purportedly showed demonstrators peacefully marching down a street and others honking their car horns on the street.
—CBS News, 11 Jan. 2026
In one Minneapolis neighborhood filled with single-family homes, protesters confronted federal agents and attempted to disrupt their operations by blowing car horns and whistles and banging on drums.
—Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2026
More than 100 people gathered outside the Home Depot on Grasmere Avenue in Fairfield late Saturday morning, filling the sidewalk with handmade signs, chants and the steady sound of car horns from drivers slowing down to show support.
—Reginald David, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2026
After the one-hour vigil, the participants went on a peaceful, solemn walk with lights along Tamiami Trail, where car horns seemed to go on endlessly.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 11 Jan. 2026
Armed with musical instruments, air horns and other noisemakers, demonstrators chanted and played music as passing cars honked horns and shouted at ICE to leave the city.
—Maria Paula Mijares Torres, Fortune, 11 Jan. 2026
In recent months, neighborhood watch groups adopted warning systems similar to those used in other cities targeted by immigration enforcement, relying on whistles and car horns to alert others.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 10 Jan. 2026
As the speeches began, chaos consumed the day as air horns were blasted, pages from pornographic magazines thrown down from the balconies and white mice released on to the floor, before the ‘nun’ started dancing up and down the aisles shouting comic profanity.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 12 Jan. 2026
Other video purportedly showed demonstrators peacefully marching down a street and others honking their car horns on the street.
—CBS News, 11 Jan. 2026
In one Minneapolis neighborhood filled with single-family homes, protesters confronted federal agents and attempted to disrupt their operations by blowing car horns and whistles and banging on drums.
—Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2026
More than 100 people gathered outside the Home Depot on Grasmere Avenue in Fairfield late Saturday morning, filling the sidewalk with handmade signs, chants and the steady sound of car horns from drivers slowing down to show support.
—Reginald David, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2026
After the one-hour vigil, the participants went on a peaceful, solemn walk with lights along Tamiami Trail, where car horns seemed to go on endlessly.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 11 Jan. 2026
Armed with musical instruments, air horns and other noisemakers, demonstrators chanted and played music as passing cars honked horns and shouted at ICE to leave the city.
—Maria Paula Mijares Torres, Fortune, 11 Jan. 2026
In recent months, neighborhood watch groups adopted warning systems similar to those used in other cities targeted by immigration enforcement, relying on whistles and car horns to alert others.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 10 Jan. 2026
As the speeches began, chaos consumed the day as air horns were blasted, pages from pornographic magazines thrown down from the balconies and white mice released on to the floor, before the ‘nun’ started dancing up and down the aisles shouting comic profanity.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for horns
Noun
-
Keep boots upright and orderly by using boot trees, cardboard tubes, or even a short length of PVC pipe.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
8 Jan. 2026
-
Unopened tubes and cans are both shelf-stable, but once opened, the difference is significant.—
Anne Wolf,
Martha Stewart,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
-
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
Cite this Entry
“Horns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horns. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
