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
The Mongolian athletes wore blue cashmere robes, called deel, trimmed with red and yellow silk and embroidered with horns.
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Andrew Greif, NBC news, 6 Feb. 2026
The train coasted into Bari, the capital of Puglia, to the exuberant horns and drums of a welcome band.
—Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 6 Feb. 2026
Several videos circulating on social media show dozens of East Aurora students holding signs and walking outside of the high school and through downtown Aurora early Tuesday afternoon, car horns blaring in the background.
—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
But bighorn — with their broad, curved horns — can’t squeeze through.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2026
Why are political speeches like a steer’s horns?
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
In the entertainment capital of the world, promotional materials — including posters and signs at bus stops — for Melania have been defaced with Hitler mustaches, devil horns, and crude graffiti.
—Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2026
Sadly, the challenges facing the young college kid were not simply coming from the 88 keys, but from fellow students, one of whom asked where the chunky Jewish kid’s horns were.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2026
Gramophone Sound horns on gramophones came in many sizes and materials.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 30 Jan. 2026
Andrew Greif, NBC news, 6 Feb. 2026
The train coasted into Bari, the capital of Puglia, to the exuberant horns and drums of a welcome band.
—Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 6 Feb. 2026
Several videos circulating on social media show dozens of East Aurora students holding signs and walking outside of the high school and through downtown Aurora early Tuesday afternoon, car horns blaring in the background.
—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
But bighorn — with their broad, curved horns — can’t squeeze through.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2026
Why are political speeches like a steer’s horns?
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
In the entertainment capital of the world, promotional materials — including posters and signs at bus stops — for Melania have been defaced with Hitler mustaches, devil horns, and crude graffiti.
—Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2026
Sadly, the challenges facing the young college kid were not simply coming from the 88 keys, but from fellow students, one of whom asked where the chunky Jewish kid’s horns were.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2026
Gramophone Sound horns on gramophones came in many sizes and materials.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for horns
Noun
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These tubes can also reinforce polymers or metals while maintaining conductivity.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Jan. 2026
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Three light tubes over the retail area were nonfunctional.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
January 30,
Sacbee.com,
30 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 7 Feb. 2026.
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