Dictionary entry details
• HORN (noun)
Meaning:
A noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("horn" is a kind of...):
noisemaker (a device (such as a clapper or bell or horn) used to make a loud noise at a celebration)
Domain category:
game (a contest with rules to determine a winner)
Meaning:
One of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("horn" is a kind of...):
appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)
Meronyms (substance of "horn"):
bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "horn"):
antler (deciduous horn of a member of the deer family)
Holonyms ("horn" is a part of...):
bull (uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle)
ram; tup (uncastrated adult male sheep)
caprine animal; goat (any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns)
Meaning:
A noise made by the driver of an automobile to give warning
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("horn" is a kind of...):
alarm; alarum; alert; warning signal (an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger)
Meaning:
A high pommel of a Western saddle (usually metal covered with leather)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
saddle horn; horn
Hypernyms ("horn" is a kind of...):
pommel; saddlebow (handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle)
Holonyms ("horn" is a part of...):
stock saddle; Western saddle (an ornamented saddle used by cowboys; has a high horn to hold the lariat)
Meaning:
A brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
trumpet; cornet; trump; horn
Hypernyms ("horn" is a kind of...):
brass; brass instrument (a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "horn"):
serpent (an obsolete bass cornet; resembles a snake)
Meaning:
Any hard protuberance from the head of an organism that is similar to or suggestive of a horn
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("horn" is a kind of...):
appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)
Meaning:
The material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("horn" is a kind of...):
animal material (material derived from animals)
Meronyms (substance of "horn"):
ceratin; keratin (a fibrous scleroprotein that occurs in the outer layer of the skin and in horny tissues such as hair feathers nails and hooves)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "horn"):
baleen; whalebone (a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets)
tortoiseshell (the mottled horny substance of the shell of some turtles)
Meaning:
An alarm device that makes a loud warning sound
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("horn" is a kind of...):
alarm; alarm system; warning device (a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "horn"):
shofar; shophar (an ancient musical horn made from the horn of a ram; used in ancient times by the Israelites to sound a warning or a summons; used in synagogues today on solemn occasions)
claxon; klaxon (a kind of loud horn formerly used on motor vehicles)
foghorn (a warning device consisting of a horn that generates a loud low tone)
air horn (a pneumatic horn)
Meaning:
A brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
French horn; horn
Hypernyms ("horn" is a kind of...):
brass; brass instrument (a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece)
Meaning:
A device on an automobile for making a warning noise
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
automobile horn; car horn; motor horn; hooter; horn
Hypernyms ("horn" is a kind of...):
alarm; alarm system; warning device (a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event)
Meronyms (parts of "horn"):
horn button (a button that you press to activate the horn of an automobile)
Holonyms ("horn" is a part of...):
auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)
• HORN (verb)
Meaning:
Stab or pierce with a horn or tusk
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
horn; tusk
Context example:
the rhino horned the explorer
Hypernyms (to "horn" is one way to...):
pierce; thrust (penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
