| NOUN | artifact | horn | a noisemaker (as at parties or games / games) that makes a loud noise when you blow / blow through it |
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| animal | horn | one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates | |
| communication | horn | a noise made by the driver of an automobile to give warning | |
| artifact | horn, saddle horn | a high pommel of a Western saddle (usually metal covered with leather) | |
| artifact | horn, cornet, trumpet, trump | a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone | |
| animal | horn | any hard protuberance from the head of an organism that is similar to or suggestive of a horn | |
| substance | horn | the material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails | |
| artifact | horn | a device having the shape of a horn | |
| artifact | horn | an alarm device that makes a loud warning sound | |
| artifact | horn, French horn | a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves | |
| artifact | horn, automobile horn, car horn, motor horn, hooter | a device on an automobile for making a warning noise | |
| VERB | contact | horn, tusk | stab or pierce with a horn or tusk |
| Sounds | hhao'rn | |
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| Rhymes | acorn ... worn: 45 rhymes with aorn... | |
| Meaning | A noisemaker (as at parties or games / games) that makes a loud noise when you blow / blow through it. | |
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| Category | game | A contest with rules to determine a winner |
| Broader | noisemaker | A device (such as a clapper or bell or horn) used to make a loud noise at a celebration |
| Meaning | One of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates. | |
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| Part of | bull | uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle |
| goat, caprine animal | Any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns | |
| ram, tup | uncastrated adult male sheep | |
| Narrower | antler | deciduous horn of a member of the deer family |
| Broader | process, outgrowth, appendage | A natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant |
| Substances | bone, os | rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates |
| Spanish | cuerno | |
| Catalan | banya | |
| Adjectives | horny | having horns or hornlike projections |
| Verbs | horn | stab or pierce with a horn or tusk |
| Meaning | A noise made by the driver of an automobile to give warning. | |
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| Broader | alarm, alert, warning signal, alarum | An automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger |
| Spanish | bocina, bocinazo | |
| Meaning | A high pommel of a Western saddle (usually metal covered with leather). | |
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| Synonym | saddle horn | |
| Part of | stock saddle, Western saddle | An ornamented saddle used by cowboys |
| Broader | pommel, saddlebow | handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle |
| Meaning | A brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves. | |
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| Synonyms | cornet, trumpet, trump | |
| Narrower | serpent | An obsolete bass cornet |
| Broader | 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 |
| Spanish | corneta, trompeta, trompetista | |
| Catalan | corneta, trompeta, trompetista | |
| Meaning | Any hard protuberance from the head of an organism that is similar to or suggestive of a horn. | |
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| Broader | process, outgrowth, appendage | A natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant |
| Spanish | cuerno | |
| Verbs | horn | stab or pierce with a horn or tusk |
| Meaning | The material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails. | |
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| Narrower | tortoiseshell | The mottled horny substance of the shell of some turtles |
| whalebone, baleen | A horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales | |
| Broader | animal material | material derived from animals |
| Substances | keratin, ceratin | A fibrous scleroprotein that occurs in the outer layer of the skin and in horny tissues such as hair, feathers, nails, and hooves |
| Spanish | asta, cuerno | |
| Catalan | banya | |
| Adjectives | horny | made of horn (or of a substance resembling horn) |
| Meaning | A device having the shape of a horn. | |
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| Broader | device | An instrumentality invented for a particular purpose |
| Meaning | An alarm device that makes a loud warning sound. | |
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| Narrower | air horn | A pneumatic horn |
| foghorn | A warning device consisting of a horn that generates a loud low tone | |
| klaxon, claxon | A kind of loud horn formerly used on motor vehicles | |
| shofar, shophar | An ancient musical horn made from the horn of a ram | |
| Broader | alarm, warning device, alarm system | A device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event |
| Meaning | A brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves. | |
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| Synonym | French horn | |
| Broader | 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 |
| Spanish | trompa | |
| Catalan | trompa | |
| Meaning | A device on an automobile for making a warning noise. | |
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| Synonyms | automobile horn, car horn, motor horn, hooter | |
| Part of | car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar | A motor vehicle with four wheels |
| Parts | horn button | A button that you press to activate the horn of an automobile |
| Broader | alarm, warning device, alarm system | A device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event |
| Meaning | stab or pierce with a horn or tusk. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "the rhino horned the explorer" | |
| Synonym | tusk | |
| Broader | pierce, thrust | penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument |
| Spanish | colmillo, cornear, dar cornadas | |
| Nouns | horn | one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates |
| horn | any hard protuberance from the head of an organism that is similar to or suggestive of a horn | |
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