Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun horn

11 senses of horn

Sense 1
horn -- (a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it)
       => noisemaker -- (a device (such as a clapper or bell or horn) used to make a loud noise at a celebration)

Sense 2
horn -- (one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates)
       => process, outgrowth, appendage -- (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process")

Sense 3
horn -- (a noise made by the driver of an automobile to give warning;)
       => alarm, alert, warning signal, alarum -- (an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger)

Sense 4
horn, saddle horn -- (a high pommel of a Western saddle (usually metal covered with leather))
       => pommel, saddlebow -- (handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle)

Sense 5
cornet, horn, trumpet, trump -- (a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves)
       => 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)

Sense 6
horn -- (any hard protuberance from the head of an organism that is similar to or suggestive of a horn)
       => process, outgrowth, appendage -- (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process")

Sense 7
horn -- (the material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails)
       => animal material -- (material derived from animals)

Sense 8
horn -- (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")
       => device -- (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water")

Sense 9
horn -- (an alarm device that makes a loud warning sound)
       => alarm, warning device, alarm system -- (a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event)

Sense 10
French horn, horn -- (a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves)
       => 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)

Sense 11
automobile horn, car horn, motor horn, horn, hooter -- (a device on an automobile for making a warning noise)
       => alarm, warning device, alarm system -- (a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb horn

1 sense of horn

Sense 1
horn, tusk -- (stab or pierce with a horn or tusk; "the rhino horned the explorer")
       => pierce, thrust -- (penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument)