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Definition of Horn
1. Noun. A noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it.
2. Verb. Stab or pierce with a horn or tusk. "The rhino horned the explorer"
3. Noun. One of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates.
Group relationships: Bull, Ram, Tup, Caprine Animal, Goat
Terms within: Bone, Os
Generic synonyms: Appendage, Outgrowth, Process
Derivative terms: Horny
4. Noun. A noise made by the driver of an automobile to give warning.
5. Noun. A high pommel of a Western saddle (usually metal covered with leather).
Generic synonyms: Pommel, Saddlebow
Group relationships: Stock Saddle, Western Saddle
6. Noun. A brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves.
Generic synonyms: Brass, Brass Instrument
Specialized synonyms: Serpent
Derivative terms: Cornetist, Trump, Trumpet
7. Noun. Any hard protuberance from the head of an organism that is similar to or suggestive of a horn.
8. Noun. The material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails.
Generic synonyms: Animal Material
Specialized synonyms: Baleen, Whalebone, Tortoiseshell
Derivative terms: Horny
9. Noun. A device having the shape of a horn. "The cleat had two horns"
10. Noun. An alarm device that makes a loud warning sound.
Generic synonyms: Alarm, Alarm System, Warning Device
11. Noun. A brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves.
12. Noun. A device on an automobile for making a warning noise.
Generic synonyms: Alarm, Alarm System, Warning Device
Group relationships: Auto, Automobile, Car, Machine, Motorcar
Terms within: Horn Button
Derivative terms: Hoot
Definition of Horn
1. n. A hard, projecting, and usually pointed organ, growing upon the heads of certain animals, esp. of the ruminants, as cattle, goats, and the like. The hollow horns of the Ox family consist externally of true horn, and are never shed.
2. v. t. To furnish with horns; to give the shape of a horn to.
Definition of Horn
1. to form a horn (a hard, bonelike projection of the head) [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Horn
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1. A hard, projecting, and usually pointed organ, growing upon the heads of certain animals, especially. Of the ruminants, as cattle, goats, and the like. The hollow horns of the Ox family consist externally of true horn, and are never shed.
2. The antler of a deer, which is of bone throughout, and annually shed and renewed.
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