Horn

Quick meaning: Horn is a noun meaning (countable, zootomy) A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals, usually paired.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. An antler.
2. (uncountable) The hard substance from which animals' horns are made, sometimes used by man as a material for making various objects.
3. A vessel made from a horn, to contain drink, ink, gunpowder, etc.
4. An object whose shape resembles a horn, such as cornucopia or the point of an anvil.
5. (countable) Any of several musical wind instruments.
6. (countable, music) An instrument resembling a musical horn and used to signal others.
7. 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.

Example Sentences

hunting horn

antenna horn

loudspeaker horn

horns of mead and ale

Word Forms

• horns
• horning
• horned

Synonyms for horn

Depending on context, synonyms include keratin, hooter, klaxon, funnel, blower, phone.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tusk, cornet, trumpet, cornucopia, bighorn, antler.

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