Meaning & Definition of Horn in English
Horn
noun
1. A noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it
- horn
2. One of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates
- horn
3. A noise made by the driver of an automobile to give warning
- horn
4. A high pommel of a western saddle (usually metal covered with leather)
- horn,
- saddle horn
5. A brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone
- Has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
- cornet,
- horn,
- trumpet,
- trump
6. Any hard protuberance from the head of an organism that is similar to or suggestive of a horn
- horn
7. The material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails
- horn
8. A device having the shape of a horn
- "Horns at the ends of a new moon"
- "The hornof an anvil"
- "The cleat had two horns"
- horn
9. An alarm device that makes a loud warning sound
- horn
10. A brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves
- French horn,
- horn
11. A device on an automobile for making a warning noise
- automobile horn,
- car horn,
- motor horn,
- horn,
- hooter
verb
1. Stab or pierce with a horn or tusk
- "The rhino horned the explorer"
- horn,
- tusk