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horn     (hôrn)  Pronunciation Key 


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n.  
  1. One of the hard, usually permanent structures projecting from the head of certain mammals, such as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes, consisting of a bony core covered with a sheath of keratinous material.
  2. A hard protuberance, such as an antler or projection on the head of a giraffe or rhinoceros, that is similar to or suggestive of a horn.
    1. The hard smooth keratinous material forming the outer covering of the horns of cattle or related animals.
    2. A natural or synthetic substance resembling this material.
    3. A horn of plenty; a cornucopia.
    4. Either of the ends of a new moon.
    5. The point of an anvil.
    6. The pommel of a saddle.
    7. An ear trumpet.
    8. A device for projecting sound waves, as in a loudspeaker.
    9. A hollow, metallic electromagnetic transmission antenna with a circular or rectangular cross section.
    10. A wind instrument made of an animal horn.
    11. A brass wind instrument, such as a trombone or tuba.
    12. A French horn.
    13. A wind instrument, such as a trumpet or saxophone, used in a jazz band.
    14. A usually electrical signaling device that produces a loud resonant sound: an automobile horn.
    15. Any of various noisemakers operated by blowing or by squeezing a hollow rubber ball.
  4. A container, such as a powder horn, made from a horn.
  5. Something having the shape of a horn, especially:
    1. A horn of plenty; a cornucopia.
    2. Either of the ends of a new moon.
    3. The point of an anvil.
    4. The pommel of a saddle.
    5. An ear trumpet.
    6. A device for projecting sound waves, as in a loudspeaker.
    7. A hollow, metallic electromagnetic transmission antenna with a circular or rectangular cross section.
    8. A wind instrument made of an animal horn.
    9. A brass wind instrument, such as a trombone or tuba.
    10. A French horn.
    11. A wind instrument, such as a trumpet or saxophone, used in a jazz band.
    12. A usually electrical signaling device that produces a loud resonant sound: an automobile horn.
    13. Any of various noisemakers operated by blowing or by squeezing a hollow rubber ball.
  6. Music
    1. A wind instrument made of an animal horn.
    2. A brass wind instrument, such as a trombone or tuba.
    3. A French horn.
    4. A wind instrument, such as a trumpet or saxophone, used in a jazz band.
    5. A usually electrical signaling device that produces a loud resonant sound: an automobile horn.
    6. Any of various noisemakers operated by blowing or by squeezing a hollow rubber ball.
    1. A usually electrical signaling device that produces a loud resonant sound: an automobile horn.
    2. Any of various noisemakers operated by blowing or by squeezing a hollow rubber ball.
  8. Slang A telephone.
intr.v.   horned, horn·ing, horns
To join without being invited; intrude. Used with in.

[Middle English, from Old English; see ker-1 in Indo-European roots.]
horn adj., horn'ist n.
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horn   (hôrn)  Pronunciation Key 
  1. Either of the bony growths projecting from the upper part of the head of certain hoofed mammals, such as cattle, sheep, and goats. The horns of these animals are never shed, and they consist of bone covered by keratin.
  2. A hard growth that looks like a horn, such as an antler or a growth on the head of a giraffe or rhinoceros. Unlike true horns, antlers are shed yearly and have a velvety covering, and the horns of a rhinoceros are made not of bone but of hairy skin fused with keratin.
  3. The hard durable substance that forms the outer covering of true horns. It consists of keratin.

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