horn
/hɔɹn/noun, verb1 syllable
Horn means: a device on an automobile for making a warning noise.
Synonyms for horn17
noun, as in a device on an automobile for making a warning noise
noun, as in a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
noun, as in a high pommel of a Western saddle (usually metal covered with leather)
noun, as in a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves
verb, as in stab or pierce with a horn or tusk
also used for horn
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What does horn mean?12
noun
a device on an automobile for making a warning noise
a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
a high pommel of a Western saddle (usually metal covered with leather)
a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves
a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it
one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates
a noise made by the driver of an automobile to give warning
any hard protuberance from the head of an organism that is similar to or suggestive of a horn
the material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails
a device having the shape of a horn“horns at the ends of a new moon”
an alarm device that makes a loud warning sound
verb
stab or pierce with a horn or tusk“the rhino horned the explorer”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with horn?16
Horn in a sentence
- The older the billy goat, the harder the horn.Miktsoanit
- Nobody likes him, because he is always blowing his own horn.CM
- This may sound like blowing my own horn, but ...unknown
- An ox is captured by the horns, a person is bound by his word.Duck
- An ox is taken by the horns, and a man by the tongue.carlosalberto
- Impatient at the delay, many drivers began to blow their horns.CM
- Desiring to have horns, the camel lost its ears.carlosalberto
- Benedito admired his billy goat's horns, which spiraled gracefully upward.Amastan
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Forms of horn
as a noun
- plural
- horns
as a verb
- past tense
- horned
- present participle
- horning
- third-person singular
- horns
- past participle
- horned