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
Nationwide, volunteers are being trained not only to honk horns and blow whistles to warn anyone in earshot immigration agents are present but also to document the actions of federal officers.
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Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 22 Jan. 2026
For the next few days, instead of a blaring alarm clock and taxi cab horns, I am awoken by the deep belly laughter of hippos who live in the lagoon directly outside my door.
—Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
For example, during Beach Blitz, members handed out team buttons and Narwhal horns, spreading the positivity and joy of robotics.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
The jackalope with horns like a gate behind its ears.
—Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
Outside, a clamor of car horns and the chatter of English from passing pedestrians floated up toward him.
—Danielle Parker, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
Videos captured the scene, which included people blowing whistles and horns and neighbors screaming at the more than a dozen gun-toting agents to leave Thao’s family alone.
—Jack Brook, Los Angeles Times, 20 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
Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 22 Jan. 2026
For the next few days, instead of a blaring alarm clock and taxi cab horns, I am awoken by the deep belly laughter of hippos who live in the lagoon directly outside my door.
—Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
For example, during Beach Blitz, members handed out team buttons and Narwhal horns, spreading the positivity and joy of robotics.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
The jackalope with horns like a gate behind its ears.
—Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
Outside, a clamor of car horns and the chatter of English from passing pedestrians floated up toward him.
—Danielle Parker, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
Videos captured the scene, which included people blowing whistles and horns and neighbors screaming at the more than a dozen gun-toting agents to leave Thao’s family alone.
—Jack Brook, Los Angeles Times, 20 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for horns
Noun
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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
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Unopened tubes and cans are both shelf-stable, but once opened, the difference is significant.—
Anne Wolf,
Martha Stewart,
7 Jan. 2026
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 30 Jan. 2026.
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