Synonyms of horns

horns

noun

plural of horn

as in tubes

something shaped like a hollow cone and used as a container

musketeers carrying their gunpowder in powder horns

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tubes
• cornets
• funnels
• cornucopias

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of horns

Trucks and semis from all over the southwest came to Richmound, blaring horns and, in one case, ramming the new fence surrounding the school. — Zander Sherman, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026

Automobile horns echoed here and there in the distance, and as the government railway train departed the station under the bridge, a string of small lights heralded the far-off clacking of its wheels. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

In 1948, running back Fred Gehrke — who majored in art at the University of Utah — experimented with painting rams horns on football helmets. — Jim Reineking, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026

Their panicked horns were textbook examples of the Doppler Effect. — Literary Hub, 31 July 2026

As energy continually ramps upward, the score by Maxim Lany and Jonas Nuttin moves from ominous horns to pulsing electronica, with some neat incorporation of prayer-call-like motifs underlining the hero’s Muslim faith. — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 26 July 2026

After the Mexican secured his podium atop Alpe d’Huez on Saturday, Pogačar pointed his fingers upwards on either side of his head to make horns — Del Toro, the bull. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 26 July 2026

The air is full of the sounds of hundreds of conversations, the crackling of potato chip bags and the beeping horns of trams that race by with passengers who are running late. — Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Money, 25 July 2026

On the side of the highway, the night is a cacophony of blaring horns and the shouts of drunken men. — ABC News, 23 July 2026

Phrases Containing horns

• lock horns