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
Facing one of the top teams of the day in Foxboro, Coffin connected with Isaiah Chisum for a walk-off touchdown at the final horn, sending his group to the title game with a 14-8 victory.
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Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 20 July 2025
The crowd howled over a blaring horn signaling the goal.
—Sofia Schwarzwalder, Kansas City Star, 16 July 2025
Right-wing influencers Megyn Kelly and Ben Shapiro locked horns over the Jeffrey Epstein investigation on Monday, as MAGA continues revolting over the Trump administration's handling of the case.
—Sonam Sheth, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
Made of heavy stainless steel from the lid to the front shelf to the impossible-to-miss bull horn handle, this is a high-end cooker in every way.
—Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 July 2025
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Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 20 July 2025
The crowd howled over a blaring horn signaling the goal.
—Sofia Schwarzwalder, Kansas City Star, 16 July 2025
Right-wing influencers Megyn Kelly and Ben Shapiro locked horns over the Jeffrey Epstein investigation on Monday, as MAGA continues revolting over the Trump administration's handling of the case.
—Sonam Sheth, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
Made of heavy stainless steel from the lid to the front shelf to the impossible-to-miss bull horn handle, this is a high-end cooker in every way.
—Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horn
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To prevent this, the engine's hydrogen fuel runs through a heat exchanger to chill a liquid helium coolant that flows through a complex network of small tubes in the air inlet.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
19 July 2025
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The company, owned by DuPont and based in Atlanta, makes tubes, catheters, medical balloons, packaging and more.—
Russ Wiles,
AZCentral.com,
18 July 2025
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Hudson joined a family of musicians: his father played flute, drums, cornet and the saxophone, performing regularly in local dance bands, while his mother was a vocalist, who also played the accordion and piano.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
21 Jan. 2025
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In the late-aughts, at the restaurant French Laundry, in Yountville, California, Lena Kwak was tasked with finding a gluten-free alternative to the restaurant's iconic salmon cornets—small, crunchy wafer cones filled with salmon tartare to signal the beginning of the meal.—
Shilpa Uskokovic,
Bon Appétit,
15 Mar. 2024
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“Horn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horn. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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