as in horn
something shaped like a hollow cone and used as a container
cornets of pastry dough that were baked and later filled with cream
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Recent Examples of cornet
Hudson joined a family of musicians: his father played flute, drums, cornet and the saxophone, performing regularly in local dance bands, while his mother was a vocalist, who also played the accordion and piano.
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Shania Russell, EW.com, 21 Jan. 2025
In the late-aughts, at the restaurant French Laundry, in Yountville, California, Lena Kwak was tasked with finding a gluten-free alternative to the restaurant's iconic salmon cornets—small, crunchy wafer cones filled with salmon tartare to signal the beginning of the meal.
—Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appétit, 15 Mar. 2024
Soloist Pacho Flores strode on stage in front of the San Diego Symphony, perilously carrying two trumpets and a cornet.
—Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2024
Was having the cornet player there that night in Philly unusual?
—Chris Willman, Variety, 26 Nov. 2023
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Shania Russell, EW.com, 21 Jan. 2025
In the late-aughts, at the restaurant French Laundry, in Yountville, California, Lena Kwak was tasked with finding a gluten-free alternative to the restaurant's iconic salmon cornets—small, crunchy wafer cones filled with salmon tartare to signal the beginning of the meal.
—Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appétit, 15 Mar. 2024
Soloist Pacho Flores strode on stage in front of the San Diego Symphony, perilously carrying two trumpets and a cornet.
—Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2024
Was having the cornet player there that night in Philly unusual?
—Chris Willman, Variety, 26 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cornet
Noun
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Captain Gabriel Landeskog and Parker Kelly also added goals before the first-period horn sounded.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Mar. 2026
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From the start, players like Solo Ball, Alex Karaban, and even Mullins seemed ice cold, but kept battling until the final horn.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The graphics are a perfect facsimile of decades-old Weather Channel telecasts, complete with a crop fit for a tube TV.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Apr. 2026
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Once concerns for medical abuse were established, staff stopped tube feeds, though the tube was not removed before discharge.—
Amelia Mugavero,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Cornet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cornet. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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