horns

plural of horn
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 Take cues from Celine and Dries Van Noten and look for long pendants featuring a constellation of medallions, letters, shells, horns, the like. Andrea Zendejas, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026 Outside the airport, the streets are busy, a cacophony of honking horns and motorbikes buzzing between cars, buses, and tuk-tuks as people travel around the Nepalese capital. Nicola Chilton, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026 Just a few feet beyond the forest, buses rumbled past, horns blared, and commuters hurried to work. Marina Dias, Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2026 This dynamic complements the friendly camaraderie between Maki and Omura, the former of whom is a bubbly girl and the latter a more laidback, blue-skinned male humanoid with horns. George Yang, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Fans give the devil horns signs at the AC/DC concert on Thursday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 28 Aug. 2026 These horns come from the African greater kudu antelope and are rooted in the traditions of Yemenite Jewry. Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026 Through this grant, New Britain received an influx of cellos, French horns, clarinets, flutes, saxophones, tubas, trombones, trumpets, violins and xylophones. Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2026 Ever the hopeless romantic, Ted searches for the love of his life through a constant series of twists, turns, diversions, blue French horns, slap bets, and yellow umbrellas. Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Aug. 2026
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Noun
  • Once a recipe is chosen, clientele relax; zoning out in nearby chairs as glass tubes alight and the machine purrs from within.
    Rebecca Leib, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The design introduced major changes to the forward section of the submarine, including a Large Aperture Bow sonar array and two Virginia Payload Tubes replacing the 12 individual vertical-launch tubes used on earlier boats.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Nevertheless, Gadson’s father, Harold, bought him and his brother, Thomas, cornets to play in their school’s drum and bugle corps, Gadson recalled in author Jim Payne’s The Great Drummers of R&B, Funk & Soul.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2026
  • 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. 2026.

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