horn

B1
Pronunciation
/hɔːn/
/hɔɹn/
Noun
16 definition(s)
1 Definition

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

2 Definition

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 Definition

An antler.

4 Definition

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

Synonyms
keratin
Example Sentences
  • an umbrella with a handle made of horn
5 Definition

An object whose shape resembles a horn, such as cornucopia, the point of an anvil, or a vessel for gunpowder or liquid.

6 Definition

Any of several musical wind instruments.

7 Definition

An instrument resembling a musical horn and used to signal others.

Example Sentences
  • hunting horn
8 Definition

A loud alarm, especially one on a motor vehicle.

Synonyms
hooter klaxon
9 Definition

A sound signaling the expiration of time.

Example Sentences
  • The shot was after the horn and therefore did not count.
10 Definition

A conical device used to direct waves.

Synonyms
funnel
Example Sentences
  • antenna horn
11 Definition

Generally, any brass wind instrument.

12 Definition

(from the horn-shaped earpieces of old communication systems that used air tubes) A telephone.

Synonyms
blower (UK) dog and bone (Cockney rhyming slang) phone
Example Sentences
  • Get him on the horn so that we can have a discussion about this.
13 Definition

(definite article) An erection of the penis.

Synonyms
boner (US) hard-on stiffy
14 Definition

A peninsula or crescent-shaped tract of land.

Synonyms
peninsula
Example Sentences
  • to navigate around the horn
15 Definition

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 Definition

An incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found in the flowers of the milkweed (Asclepias).

Verb
3 definition(s)
1 Definition

(of an animal) To assault with the horns.

2 Definition

To furnish with horns.

3 Definition

To cuckold.