as in horns
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 cornets
Nevertheless, Gadson’s father, Harold, bought him and his brother, Thomas, cornets to play in their school’s drum and bugle corps, Gadson recalled in author Jim Payne’s The Great Drummers of R&B, Funk & Soul.
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Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
3 Apr. 2026
While recovering from cancer, Jackson pursued his lifelong dream of designing and measuring the acoustical properties of woodwind instruments, particularly Renaissance-era flutes, crumhorns, and cornets.
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IEEE Spectrum,
24 July 2025
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
3 Apr. 2026
While recovering from cancer, Jackson pursued his lifelong dream of designing and measuring the acoustical properties of woodwind instruments, particularly Renaissance-era flutes, crumhorns, and cornets.
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IEEE Spectrum,
24 July 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cornets
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Eduardo Cuevas Times Square was beating with blaring horns as military bands performed onstage in the middle of the New York City tourist destination to celebrate Independence Day.
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Passing motorists on Rosalind Avenue beeped their horns to complete the tumult for independence.
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The oxygen released in the tank then flows through four silicone supply tubes that are attached to the roach’s spiracles prior to the operation.
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Among the photos were ones of the supermodel admiring the view outside her hospital window and one with tubes taped to her neck and head.
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“Cornets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cornets. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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