horn
noun
- 1
A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals, usually paired.
- 2
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.
- 3
An antler.
- 4
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”
- 5
An object whose shape resembles a horn, such as cornucopia, the point of an anvil, or a vessel for gunpowder or liquid.
- 6
Any of several musical wind instruments.
- 7
An instrument resembling a musical horn and used to signal others.
“hunting horn”
- 8
A loud alarm, especially one on a motor vehicle.
- 9
A sound signaling the expiration of time.
“The shot was after the horn and therefore did not count.”
- 10
A conical device used to direct waves.
“antenna horn”
- 11
Generally, any brass wind instrument.
- 12
(from the horn-shaped earpieces of old communication systems that used air tubes) A telephone.
“Get him on the horn so that we can have a discussion about this.”
- 13
(definite article) An erection of the penis.
- 14
A peninsula or crescent-shaped tract of land.
“to navigate around the horn”
- 15
A diacritical mark that may be attached to the top right corner of the letters o and u when writing in Vietnamese, thus forming ơ and ư.
- 16
An incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found in the flowers of the milkweed (Asclepias).
verb
- 1
(of an animal) To assault with the horns.
- 2
To furnish with horns.
- 3
To cuckold.
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