Antonyms for horn

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : hawrn

Phonetic Transcription : hɔrn

Definition of horn

Origin : Old English horn "horn of an animal," also "wind instrument" (originally made from animal horns), from Proto-Germanic *hurnaz (cf. German Horn, Dutch horen, Gothic haurn), from PIE *ker- "horn; head, uppermost part of the body," with derivatives refering to horned animals, horn-shaped objects and projecting parts (cf. Greek karnon "horn," Latin cornu "horn," Sanskrit srngam "horn," Persian sar "head," Avestan sarah- "head," Greek koryphe "head," Latin cervus "deer," Welsh carw "deer"). Reference to car horns is first recorded 1901. Figurative senses of Latin cornu included "salient point, chief argument; wing, flank; power, courage, strength." Jazz slang sense of "trumpet" is by 1921. Meaning "telephone" is by 1945.

As in nose : noun smelling organ of animate being
As in siren : noun alarm
As in antler : noun deciduous horn
As in cornet : noun instrument
As in cusp : noun edge
As in prong : noun spike
As in siren : noun signal
As in tocsin : noun alarm
As in trumpet : noun bugle
As in alarm : noun warning, signaling device
As in flask : noun small container for liquid
As in butt : verb bang up against with head

Example sentences :

The horn will resound in welcome, the drawbridge will be lowered for us.
Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

If the hunter fires then, over the horn, he will strike the beast's backbone.
Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

The Coromandel was bound to Cadiz, and thence round the Horn.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

The passage was a fine one, as we doubled the Horn at midsummer.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

There had been no indication in von Horn's attitude toward the girl that he loved her.
Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs

She was an exposition of the domestic resources of Horn o' the Moon.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

Even the fowl at Horn o' the Moon are not of the ordinary sort.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

Suddenly he heard the blast of a horn close by, then the baying of hounds.
Extract from : « Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew » by Josephine Preston Peabody

Suddenly the stillness of the night was broken by the sound of a horn.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

“You seem to be great at blowing your own horn, at any rate,” said Dick, quietly.
Extract from : « The Dare Boys of 1776 » by Stephen Angus Cox

Synonyms for horn

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