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   Horn

   /hôrn/

   

   noun

   • 1. a hard permanent outgrowth, often curved and pointed, found in pairs on the heads of cattle, sheep, goats, giraffes, etc. and consisting of a core of bone encased in keratinized skin.
   • ▪ a woolly keratinized outgrowth, occurring singly or one behind another, on the snout of a rhinoceros.
   • ▪ a deer's antler.
   • ▪ a projection resembling a horn on the head of another animal, e.g., a snail's tentacle or the tuft of a horned owl.
   • ▪ a pair of horns as an emblem of a cuckold. archaic
   • 2. the substance of which horns are composed: "powdered rhino horn"
   • ▪ a receptacle or instrument made of horn, such as a drinking container or powder flask.
   • 3. a horn-shaped projection.
   • ▪ a sharp promontory or mountain peak.
   • ▪ a raised projection on the pommel of a Western saddle: "slung from the horn of his saddle was a leather bag"
   • ▪ Cape Horn.
   • ▪ an arm or branch of a river or bay.
   • ▪ each of the extremities of a crescent moon.
   • ▪ an erect penis. vulgar slang British
   • 4. a wind instrument, conical in shape or wound into a spiral, originally made from an animal horn (now typically brass) and played by lip vibration.
   • ▪ short for French horn
   • 5. an instrument sounding a warning or other signal: "a car horn"

   verb

   • 1. (of an animal) butt or gore (someone or something) with the horns.

   Word Origin Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoorn and German Horn, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin cornu and Greek keras.

   Derivatives

   • 1. hornless adjective
   • 2. hornlike adjective

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   What does horn mean?

   • Get Word of the Day daily email! The meaning of HORN is one of the usually paired bony processes that arise from the head of many ungulates and that are found in some extinct mammals and reptiles. How to use horn in a sentence.

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   What does a horn look like?

   • one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain hooved mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes. a similar growth, sometimes of hair, as the median horn or horns on the snout of the rhinoceros, or the tusk of the narwhal. antler.

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   Why do people say 'the horns'?

   • It's safer to do the gesture that way round since 'the horns' can also be an insult: they invoke the bull's horns that in ancient times were said to symbolize a betrayed lover. Miming them derisively at someone else is a way to imply they've been cheated on.

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   Which animal has horns?

   • The horns of an animal such as a cow or deer are the hard pointed things that grow from its head. A mature cow has horns. Horn is the hard substance that the horns of animals are made of. Horn is sometimes used to make objects such as spoons, buttons, or ornaments. 4. See also horn-rimmed A horn is a musical instrument of the brass family.

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   Horn definition: one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain hooved mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.. See examples of HORN used in a sentence.

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   A horn is an instrument that's made of metal and is played by blowing into it. Another type of horn comes out of an animal's head. Don't confuse the two and imagine a trombone sticking out of a water buffalo's head.

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   to face a difficult or dangerous situation directly and with courage Nora decided to take the bull by the horns and organize things herself. Definition of horn noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.