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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The Choreography and Merriment team come marching down the hall, horns ablaze, to celebrate Mark’s victory.
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Erin Qualey, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2025
Together, all three stars kind of, sort of resemble a ram’s horn.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 16 Mar. 2025
Elvis Lloyd has 7 points and Clay Tierney hit a 3-pointer from the right wing to beat the first-quarter horn.
—Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 15 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
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Erin Qualey, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2025
Together, all three stars kind of, sort of resemble a ram’s horn.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 16 Mar. 2025
Elvis Lloyd has 7 points and Clay Tierney hit a 3-pointer from the right wing to beat the first-quarter horn.
—Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 15 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
See All Example Sentences for horn
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“Horn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horn. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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