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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: horn

1
 n
a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
2
 nv
one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates
stab or pierce with a horn or tusk
3
 n
a high pommel of a Western saddle (usually metal covered with leather)
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: horn
1

n a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves

Synonyms:
cornet, trump, trumpet
Types:
serpent
an obsolete bass cornet; resembles a snake
Type of:
brass, brass instrument
a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece

n a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves

Synonyms:
French horn
Type of:
brass, brass instrument
a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece

n a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it

Type of:
noisemaker
a device (such as a clapper or bell or horn) used to make a loud noise at a celebration

n an alarm device that makes a loud warning sound

Types:
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air horn
a pneumatic horn
foghorn
a warning device consisting of a horn that generates a loud low tone
claxon, klaxon
a kind of loud horn formerly used on motor vehicles
shofar, shophar
an ancient musical horn made from the horn of a ram; used in ancient times by the Israelites to sound a warning or a summons; used in synagogues today on solemn occasions
diaphone
a foghorn that makes a signal consisting of two tones
Type of:
alarm, alarm system, warning device
a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event

n a device on an automobile for making a warning noise

Synonyms:
automobile horn, car horn, hooter, motor horn
Type of:
alarm, alarm system, warning device
a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event

n a noise made by the driver of an automobile to give warning;

Type of:
alarm, alarum, alert, warning signal
an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
2

n one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates

Types:
antler
deciduous horn of a member of the deer family
Type of:
appendage, outgrowth, process
a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant

n any hard protuberance from the head of an organism that is similar to or suggestive of a horn

Type of:
appendage, outgrowth, process
a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant

n the material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails

Types:
baleen, whalebone
a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets
tortoiseshell
the mottled horny substance of the shell of some turtles
Type of:
animal material
material derived from animals

n a device having the shape of a horn

“horns at the ends of a new moon”
“the horn of an anvil”
“the cleat had two horns”
Type of:
device
an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose

v stab or pierce with a horn or tusk

“the rhino horned the explorer”
Synonyms:
tusk
Type of:
pierce, thrust
penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
3

n a high pommel of a Western saddle (usually metal covered with leather)

Synonyms:
saddle horn
Type of:
pommel, saddlebow
handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle
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