noun🔗ShareA hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals, usually paired."The sheep had two sharp horns on its head. "animalbodypartbiologyanatomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAny similar real or imaginary growth or projection such as the elongated tusk of a narwhal, the eyestalk of a snail, the pointed growth on the nose of a rhinoceros, or the hornlike projection on the head of a demon or similar."The rhinoceros's horn was unusually large for its age. "animalbodyphysiologymythologyappearanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn antler."The deer shed its horn in the fall. "animalbodypartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe hard substance from which animals' horns are made, sometimes used by man as a material for making various objects."an umbrella with a handle made of horn"animalmaterialsubstanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn object whose shape resembles a horn, such as cornucopia, the point of an anvil, or a vessel for gunpowder or liquid."The blacksmith carefully shaped the anvil's horn to fit the hammer. "utensilitemthingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAny of several musical wind instruments."The band practiced playing their brass horns every afternoon after school. "musicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn instrument resembling a musical horn and used to signal others."hunting horn"soundmusiccommunicationutensilsignalvehicleChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA loud alarm, especially one on a motor vehicle."The car's horn blared loudly when the driver was stuck in traffic. "vehiclesoundmachinecommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA sound signaling the expiration of time."The shot was after the horn and therefore did not count."timesoundsignalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA conical device used to direct waves."antenna horn"technologysounddeviceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareGenerally, any brass wind instrument."My brother plays the horn in the school band. "musicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(from the horn-shaped earpieces of old communication systems that used air tubes) A telephone."Get him on the horn so that we can have a discussion about this."technologycommunicationmachinedeviceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(definite article) An erection of the penis."He was embarrassed because his horn became noticeable under his trousers. "anatomyphysiologysexbodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA peninsula or crescent-shaped tract of land."to navigate around the horn"geographyareaChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA diacritical mark that may be attached to the top right corner of the letters o and u when writing in Vietnamese, thus forming ơ and ư."The Vietnamese teacher explained the use of the horn diacritical mark over the letter o to form the letter ơ. "languagewritinglinguisticsgrammarwordsignmarkChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found in the flowers of the milkweed (Asclepias)."The milkweed plant's flowers have delicate horns. "plantpartbiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(of an animal) To assault with the horns."The bull horned the farmer, causing him to stumble backward. "animalactionbodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo furnish with horns."The farmer decided to horn his new calf with a special kind of horn. "animalbodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo cuckold."The rumors spread quickly that the teacher had horned the principal. "sexfamilyhumanculturemoralChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading