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 Disciples of Soul were awesome; great horns and backup singers.
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George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
Carrying a whistle, bell, or horn is a good idea, and just jumping around and banging on garbage cans can scare coyotes away too, the county said.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
Hundreds line sidewalks near Roseville Galleria The sound of honking horns blared almost constantly while hundreds of people took to sidewalks near the Westfield Galleria at Roseville mall on Saturday morning.
—Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2026
Demonstrators stood shoulder to shoulder, waving signs at passing drivers as horns sounded in support.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 28 Mar. 2026
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George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
Carrying a whistle, bell, or horn is a good idea, and just jumping around and banging on garbage cans can scare coyotes away too, the county said.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
Hundreds line sidewalks near Roseville Galleria The sound of honking horns blared almost constantly while hundreds of people took to sidewalks near the Westfield Galleria at Roseville mall on Saturday morning.
—Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2026
Demonstrators stood shoulder to shoulder, waving signs at passing drivers as horns sounded in support.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 28 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horn
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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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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Larkin lifted a shot into the upper left-hand cornet of the net during a four-on-four situation in between DeBrincat's goals.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
16 Nov. 2025
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“Horn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horn. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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