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
The most common example of the effect is the way the sound of a train's horn appears to bend as the locomotive thunders past an observer.
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Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2025
Over a simple club beat and some brassy horns on the chorus, the rapper narrates a particularly wild night out, all while still maintaining his status as a force to be reckoned with in the music industry.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 13 Mar. 2025
The Avs are doing it with a cruise ship-grade horn.
—Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 12 Mar. 2025
In the scene, Cavallari called AAA, yelled at people who honked their horns at her and even talked to a friend who happened to drive by.
—Victoria Edel, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025
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Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2025
Over a simple club beat and some brassy horns on the chorus, the rapper narrates a particularly wild night out, all while still maintaining his status as a force to be reckoned with in the music industry.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 13 Mar. 2025
The Avs are doing it with a cruise ship-grade horn.
—Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 12 Mar. 2025
In the scene, Cavallari called AAA, yelled at people who honked their horns at her and even talked to a friend who happened to drive by.
—Victoria Edel, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horn
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More Southern Grandma Makeup Tips 7 Old-School Beauty Trends That Are Coming Back This Year Choose a Semi-Matte Lipstick While lip gloss has largely remained the favorite tube of the past two decades, a more natural-finish lipstick offers a dose of longer-lasting color and an inherent elegance.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
26 Apr. 2025
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Nasal and sinus congestion, as well as fluid buildup, can block these tubes, keeping them from functioning correctly.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
25 Apr. 2025
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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.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
21 Jan. 2025
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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
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“Horn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horn. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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