Thesaurus results for HORN

horn

noun

ˈhȯrn

Definition of horn

as in tube

something shaped like a hollow cone and used as a container musketeers carrying their gunpowder in powder horns

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Recent Examples of horn Unlike many Nazi chest-thumpers,the crafty obergruppenführer never blew his own horn. — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026 Fans give the devil horns signs at the AC/DC concert on Thursday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. — Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 28 Aug. 2026 Libfeld brought a massive, spiraling kudu horn to practice with at a recent Torat Emet shofar class. — Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026 After 25 minutes of shooting the stuff with Gutekunst, LaFleur’s chief of staff Darryl Franklin and Koonz, a period in which something Achord said made Gutekunst literally keel over in laughter, the double horn sounds to end practice. — Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for horn

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Noun

The design introduced major changes to the forward section of the submarine, including a Large Aperture Bow sonar array and two Virginia Payload Tubes replacing the 12 individual vertical-launch tubes used on earlier boats.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2026
Mehta said federal Bureau of Prisons medical staff can feed Lakanwal intravenously or through a medical tube to save his life.

— Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

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Bolden works as a barber during the day, and as a cornet player at night.

— Amitava Kumar, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026
In 1914 the family moved to Little Rock, where Powell sang in high school productions and learned to play several instruments including the cornet, clarinet and saxophone.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 May 2026