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   horn

   /hɔːn/

   noun

   • 1. a hard permanent outgrowth, often curved and pointed, found in pairs on the heads of cattle, sheep, goats, giraffes, etc. and consisting of a core of bone encased in keratinized skin.
   • ▪ a woolly keratinized outgrowth, occurring singly or one behind another, on the snout of a rhinoceros.
   • ▪ a deer's antler.
   • ▪ a projection resembling a horn on the head of another animal, e.g. a snail's tentacle or the tuft of a horned owl.
   • ▪ a pair of horns as an emblem of a cuckold. archaic
   • ▪ marital infidelity: West Indian "she took endless horn and pressure, but now she wants a divorce"
   • 2. the substance of which horns are composed: "powdered rhino horn"
   • ▪ a receptacle made of horn, such as a drinking container or powder flask.
   • 3. a horn-shaped projection or object.
   • ▪ a sharp promontory or mountain peak.
   • ▪ Cape Horn.
   • ▪ an arm or branch of a river or bay.
   • ▪ each of the extremities of a crescent moon.
   • ▪ an erect penis. vulgar slang British
   • 4. a wind instrument, conical in shape or wound into a spiral, originally made from an animal horn (now typically brass) and played by lip vibration.
   • ▪ short for French horn
   • ▪ (in jazz and popular music) any wind instrument: informal "keyboards, horns, and drums"
   • 5. a device sounding a warning or other signal: "a car horn"

   verb

   • 1. (of an animal) butt or gore (someone or something) with the horns.
   • 2. be unfaithful to (one's husband or wife). West Indian

   Word Origin Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoorn and German Horn, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin cornu and Greek keras.

   Derivatives

   • 1. hornless adjective
   • 2. hornlike adjective

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