as in tubes
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 horns
Their name comes from the unique protrusions on their back that resemble horns and serve as a defense mechanism against predators including other sharks, elephant seals and some large fish.
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Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
Others say those who upgrade to loud horns just want to show off.
—Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 6 Sep. 2025
The ears of a young ram are more noticeable than those of an old ram, whose ears are largely concealed by the massive horns.
—Tim Kelly, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
Viral posts present them as a lost civilization’s handiwork; geologists call them nunataks, mountain summits standing above the ice, and, in some cases, glacial horns whose sharp faces were sculpted by erosion.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
Whistles, horns or other noise makers.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Noise-making devices, including whistles and air horns.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 28 Aug. 2025
The Spirit Pearl was then reincarnated as Ao Bing, a dragon who also has a human form with shampoo-commercial-ready hair and small horns.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
The jackalope is a fictional animal that originated in North America and is characterized by a rabbit with horns or antlers.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
Others say those who upgrade to loud horns just want to show off.
—Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 6 Sep. 2025
The ears of a young ram are more noticeable than those of an old ram, whose ears are largely concealed by the massive horns.
—Tim Kelly, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
Viral posts present them as a lost civilization’s handiwork; geologists call them nunataks, mountain summits standing above the ice, and, in some cases, glacial horns whose sharp faces were sculpted by erosion.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
Whistles, horns or other noise makers.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Noise-making devices, including whistles and air horns.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 28 Aug. 2025
The Spirit Pearl was then reincarnated as Ao Bing, a dragon who also has a human form with shampoo-commercial-ready hair and small horns.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
The jackalope is a fictional animal that originated in North America and is characterized by a rabbit with horns or antlers.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for horns
Noun
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Each vessel is equipped with 32 vertical launch tubes for three types of anti-surface and land-attack cruise missiles, as well as 10 torpedo tubes.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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In images shared on the GoFundMe page, he is seen at the hospital with tubes in his nose and one of his legs severely blistered and bruised all over his shin down to the ankle.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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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“Horns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horns. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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