Thesaurus results for HORN

horn

noun

ˈhȯrn

Definition of horn

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 Ever the hopeless romantic, Ted searches for the love of his life through a constant series of twists, turns, diversions, blue French horns, slap bets, and yellow umbrellas. — Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Aug. 2026 The actual blast of the ram’s horn is loud, but not loud enough to rouse me from my stress blackout. — Risa Polansky Shiman, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026 Okada asked as if Lynch had a horn coming out of his forehead. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026 The giraffe that had arrived a year earlier was presented to the emperor as a qilin, a mythological creature described as a cross between a deer and a unicorn, with a single horn and tortoiseshell coloring. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for horn

Recent Examples of Synonyms for horn

Noun

Shampoo can come in a rigid plastic bottle, a flexible squeeze tube, a refillable metal canister or a solid bar in a paperboard box.

— Erin Victor, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026
One photo showed a boat cruising between towering canyon walls, while another captured a tube ride across the water.

— Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of tube

Noun

Bolden works as a barber during the day, and as a cornet player at night.

— Amitava Kumar, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026
In 1914 the family moved to Little Rock, where Powell sang in high school productions and learned to play several instruments including the cornet, clarinet and saxophone.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 May 2026