Synonyms of horn

Noun


1. horn, noisemaker

usage: a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it

2. horn, process, outgrowth, appendage

usage: one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates

3. horn, alarm, alert, warning signal, alarum

usage: a noise made by the driver of an automobile to give warning;

4. horn, saddle horn, pommel, saddlebow

usage: a high pommel of a Western saddle (usually metal covered with leather)

5. cornet, horn, trumpet, trump, brass, brass instrument

usage: a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves

6. horn, process, outgrowth, appendage

usage: any hard protuberance from the head of an organism that is similar to or suggestive of a horn

7. horn, animal material

usage: the material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails

8. horn, device

usage: a device having the shape of a horn; "horns at the ends of a new moon"; "the hornof an anvil"; "the cleat had two horns"

9. horn, alarm, warning device, alarm system

usage: an alarm device that makes a loud warning sound

10. French horn, horn, brass, brass instrument

usage: a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves

11. automobile horn, car horn, motor horn, horn, hooter, alarm, warning device, alarm system

usage: a device on an automobile for making a warning noise

Verb


1. horn, tusk, pierce, thrust

usage: stab or pierce with a horn or tusk; "the rhino horned the explorer"

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