horn

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UK /hɔːn/ US /hɔɹn/

noun 5name 5verb 4

Collocations

(noun.) part of an animal

ADJ

buffalo, bull's, cow's, rhino, etc.

A buffalo horn was carved into a beautiful musical instrument.

curled, curved

The mountain goat's curled horns helped it climb steep rocky cliffs.

sharp

(noun.) warning device on a vehicle

ADJ

car

VERB + HORN

blow, honk, sound, toot

The car driver blew his horn to warn the pedestrians crossing the street.

HORN + VERB

beep, blare, hoot, sound

The car horn hooted loudly when the driver got impatient at the traffic light.

HORN + NOUN

blast

The car horn blasts woke up the entire neighborhood at midnight.

PREP

on a/the ~

The driver gave a quick toot on the horn to warn the pedestrians.

(noun.) musical instrument

VERB + HORN

blow

HORN + NOUN

section

Definitions

noun

A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals, usually paired.

Any similar real or imaginary growth or projection such as the elongated tusk of a narwhal, the eyestalk of a snail, the pointed growth on the nose of a rhinoceros, or the hornlike projection on the head of a demon or similar.

An antler.

The hard substance from which animals' horns are made, sometimes used by man as a material for making various objects.

an umbrella with a handle made of horn

A vessel made from a horn, to contain drink, ink, gunpowder, etc.

horns of mead and ale

I guarantee you a mighty feast, horns of ale, and afterwards wrestling and racing and contests of strength.

verb

To assault with the horns.

To furnish with horns.

To cuckold.

To sound the horn of a motor vehicle; to honk.

, His Precious Gem He horned five times but the man didn't moved his car away.

name

Cape Horn, at the southern tip of South America.

Sailing around the Horn was an arduous journey for sailing ships.

The Horn of Africa, a peninsula of Africa which juts into the Arabian Sea.

At the same time, it would be erroneous to exaggerate U.S. interests, to overreact to political developments in the Horn, or to adopt imprudent policies based on emotional reactions to Soviet and Cuban involvement.

[…] countries fail to explore the possibilities of producing other crops of high value and demand in the Horn or elsewhere.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a device on an automobile for making a warning noise

hooter

noun — a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone

verb — stab or pierce with a horn or tusk

tusk

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

around the Horn

Via shipboard communications, formerly metal tubes with earhorn-like ends.

on the horn

On the telephone.

Let me get on the horn with him and ask.

toot one's own horn

To promote oneself; to boast or brag; to tout oneself.

Not to toot my own horn, but I already knew all that.

chrome horn

The front bumper of a car when used to bump another vehicle, usually to inform the driver of the other vehicle that the first car would like to pass.

Dale Earnhardt just put the chrome horn to that lapped car in front of him.

Example Bank

an umbrella with a handle made of horn

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horns of mead and ale

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I guarantee you a mighty feast, horns of ale, and afterwards wrestling and racing and contests of strength.

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, His Precious Gem He horned five times but the man didn't moved his car away.

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Sailing around the Horn was an arduous journey for sailing ships.

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Usage Notes

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