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ALL meanings of horn

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  • noun horn an object or part resembling a horn in shape, such as the points at either end of a crescent, the point of an anvil, the pommel of a saddle, or a cornucopia 0
  • noun horn a primitive musical wind instrument made from the horn of an animal 0
  • noun horn any musical instrument consisting of a pipe or tube of brass fitted with a mouthpiece, with or without valves 0
  • noun horn any wind instrument 0
  • noun horn a device for producing a warning or signalling noise 0
  • noun horn the hornlike projection attributed to certain devils, deities, etc 0
  • noun horn the imaginary hornlike parts formerly supposed to appear on the forehead of a cuckold 0
  • noun horn an extension of an aircraft control surface that projects in front of the hinge providing aerodynamic assistance in moving the control 0
  • noun horn a hollow conical device coupled to the diaphragm of a gramophone to control the direction and quality of the sound 0
  • noun horn any such device used to spread or focus sound, such as the device attached to an electrical loudspeaker in a public address system 0
  • noun horn a microwave aerial, formed by flaring out the end of a waveguide 0
  • noun horn a stretch of land or water shaped like a horn 0
  • noun horn an erection of the penis 0
  • noun horn a symbol of power, victory, or success 0
  • verb horn to provide with a horn or horns 0
  • verb horn to gore or butt with a horn 0
  • noun horn Capecape on an island (Horn Island) in Tierra del Fuego, Chile: southernmost point of South America 0
  • noun horn a hard, hollow, bony or keratinous, permanent projection that grows on the head of various hoofed animals, esp. bovid ruminants 0
  • noun horn an antler 0
  • noun horn anything that protrudes naturally from the head of an animal, as one of the tentacles of a snail, a tuft of feathers on certain birds, etc. 0
  • noun horn the projections imagined as growing on the brow of a cuckold 0
  • noun horn the substance that horns are made of 0
  • noun horn any similar, now often synthetic, substance 0
  • noun horn a container made by hollowing out a horn 0
  • noun horn a drink contained in a horn 0
  • noun horn cornucopia 0
  • noun horn anything shaped like or suggesting a horn 0
  • noun horn a peninsula or cape 0
  • noun horn either end of a crescent 0
  • noun horn the pointed part of an anvil 0
  • noun horn a projection above the pommel of a cowboy's saddle 0
  • noun horn an instrument made of horn and sounded by blowing, as the shofar 0
  • noun horn any brass instrument; specif., French horn 0
  • noun horn a device with a kind of blaring sound for signaling or warning 0
  • noun horn an emblem of glory, strength, or honor 0
  • noun horn a horn-shaped speaker 0
  • noun horn a horn-shaped antenna 0
  • noun horn a jagged mountain peak resulting from the erosion of several cirques, as the Matterhorn in the Alps 0
  • verb transitive horn to strike, butt, or gore with the horns 0
  • verb transitive horn to furnish with horns 0
  • verb transitive horn to cuckold 0
  • adjective horn made of horn 0
  • noun horn On a vehicle such as a car, the horn is the device that makes a loud noise as a signal or warning. 0
  • noun horn (Countable Noun) A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals, usually paired. 0
  • noun horn 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. 0
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