as in tube
something shaped like a hollow cone and used as a container
musketeers carrying their gunpowder in powder horns
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Recent Examples of horn
His band has expanded, with horns, dancers, back-up singers, and — for some songs—a string section, with nearly 20 musicians onstage.
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Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2026
Vanity Fair was on the scene as Gaga transformed an aging Los Angeles luxury mall into moving performance art, complete with funeral horns, rose petals, and hundreds of her devoted fans.
—Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026
The festival also features a Junkanoo Parade, which features street performance filled with vibrant costumes, rhythmic drumming, horns, and cowbells.
—Taryn White, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Meet the Machines, Rocklin’s hands-on celebration of all things big, loud and built to work, will return next week with trucks to climb, horns to honk and family-friendly activities.
—Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 14 May 2026
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Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2026
Vanity Fair was on the scene as Gaga transformed an aging Los Angeles luxury mall into moving performance art, complete with funeral horns, rose petals, and hundreds of her devoted fans.
—Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026
The festival also features a Junkanoo Parade, which features street performance filled with vibrant costumes, rhythmic drumming, horns, and cowbells.
—Taryn White, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Meet the Machines, Rocklin’s hands-on celebration of all things big, loud and built to work, will return next week with trucks to climb, horns to honk and family-friendly activities.
—Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 14 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horn
Noun
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The affected product is a 6-ounce tube with lot number 1024088 and an expiration date of November 2026.—
Angelique Brenes,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
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The sphere at the top of the node bobs in the water, with the attached tube oscillating water within it, spinning turbines inside the structure that generate electricity.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
14 May 2026
Noun
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In 1914 the family moved to Little Rock, where Powell sang in high school productions and learned to play several instruments including the cornet, clarinet and saxophone.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 May 2026
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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.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Horn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horn. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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