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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 a wind instrument, conical in shape or wound into a spiral, originally made from an animal horn (now typically brass) and played by lip vibration.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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   What does a horn look like?

   • one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain hooved mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes. a similar growth, sometimes of hair, as the median horn or horns on the snout of the rhinoceros, or the tusk of the narwhal. antler.

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   • A huge string game-bag was slung over his back, and in an antelope's horn or a crane's bill bullets were carried. Horn definition: one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain hooved mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes..

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   What is a horn instrument?

   • f. A device for projecting sound waves, as in a loudspeaker. g. A hollow, metallic electromagnetic transmission antenna with a circular or rectangular cross section. 6. Music a. A wind instrument made of an animal horn. b. A brass instrument, such as a trombone or tuba. c. A French horn. d.

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   What is a giraffe horn?

   • 1. One of the hard, usually permanent structures projecting from the head of certain mammals, such as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes, consisting of a bony core covered with a sheath of keratinous material. 2. A hard protuberance, such as an antler or projection on the head of a giraffe or rhinoceros, that is similar to or suggestive of a horn.

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   What is a paired horn?

   • 1. one of the hard, keratinous, permanent, hollow, and usu. paired growths projecting from the head of certain ungulates, esp. bovids. 2. a similar growth, sometimes of compacted hair, as the median horn on a rhinoceros or the tusk of a narwhal. 3. (not in technical use) antler.

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   A horn is an instrument that's made of metal and is played by blowing into it. Another type of horn comes out of an animal's head. Don't confuse the two and imagine a trombone sticking out of a water buffalo's head.

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   5 days ago · horn ( countable and uncountable, plural horns) A man playing a horn. This sheep has horns. ( countable) A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals, usually paired.

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   in a situation in which you have to make a choice between things that are equally unpleasant. The medical profession’s eagerness for scientific advance had impaled it on the horns of a dilemma, forcing an unnatural choice between science and morality.