horn
noun
1. a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it
Definition categories: man–made, noisemaker
2. one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates
Definition categories: animal, appendage, outgrowth, process
3. a noise made by the driver of an automobile to give warning
Definition categories: communication, alarm, alarum, alert
4. a high pommel of a Western saddle (usually metal covered with leather)
Definition categories: man–made, pommel, saddlebow
5. a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
Similar word(s): cornet, trump, trumpet
Definition categories: man–made, brass
6. any hard protuberance from the head of an organism that is similar to or suggestive of a horn
Definition categories: animal, appendage, outgrowth, process
7. the material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails
Definition categories: substance
8. a device having the shape of a horn
- horns at the ends of a new moon
- the horn of an anvil
- the cleat had two horns
Definition categories: man–made, device
9. an alarm device that makes a loud warning sound
Definition categories: man–made, alarm
10. a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves
Definition categories: man–made, brass
11. a device on an automobile for making a warning noise
Similar word(s): hooter
Definition categories: man–made, alarm
Sentences with horn as a noun:
- an umbrella with a handle made of horn
- hunting horn
- antenna horn
- loudspeaker horn