horn

horn
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. antler, cornu, callus, nail; saddle horn, pummel, pommel; blower, tooter, tin horn, ram's horn, shofar, French horn, trumpet, etc. (see music); horn of plenty, cornucopia; powder horn. See hardness, sharpness, receptacle.
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II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [A wind instrument]
Syn. woodwind, brass instrument, trumpet, air horn, electric horn.
Types of horns include: bugle, trumpet, trombone, cornet, fluegelhorn, French horn, baritone, tuba, sax-tuba, saxophone, sousaphone, brass tuba, bombardon, serpent, alpenhorn, hunting horn, bass horn, conch, lure, ram's horn, shofar; see also musical instrument .
2. [Hard growth on the head of certain animals]
Syn. tusk, antler, rack, outgrowth, pronghorn, hornbill, frontal bone, epiphysis, apophysis, quill, corniculum, spine, spike, corniplume, point, cornu, cornicle, cornule; see also bone , tooth 1 .
3. [The material comprising horns, sense 2]
Syn. keratin, elastin, epidermal tissue, corneous matter, corneate matter.
• blow one's own horn*,
Syn. praise oneself, gloat, brag; see boast 1 .
• lock horns,
Syn. disagree, conflict, defy; see oppose 1 .
• on the horns of a dilemma,
Syn. torn between two alternatives, having to make a difficult decision, between the devil and the deep blue sea*, between a rock and a hard place; see in trouble at trouble .
• pull or [m1]• draw or [m1]• haul in one's horns,
Syn. withdraw, recant, hold oneself back; see restrain 1 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
1. outgrowth tusk, antler, spike, cornu.

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  • Horn — (h[^o]rn), n. [AS. horn; akin to D. horen, hoorn, G., Icel., Sw., & Dan. horn, Goth. ha[ u]rn, W., Gael., & Ir. corn, L. cornu, Gr. ke ras, and perh. also to E. cheer, cranium, cerebral; cf. Skr. [,c]iras head. Cf. {Carat}, {Corn} on the foot,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Horn — may refer to: * Horn (anatomy), the pointed projection of the skin of various animals, as an organ or its material * Horn (surname)In music and sound * Horn (instrument), sometimes called a French horn, a brass musical instrument constructed of… …   Wikipedia

  • horn — HORN, hornuri, s.n. 1. Parte a coşului de fum la o casă, constituită din canalul îngropat în zidărie (şi din porţiunea ieşită în afară prin acoperiş); p. ext. întregul coş de fum al unei case. 2. Partea de deasupra vetrei ţărăneşti prin care… …   Dicționar Român

  • horn — [hôrn] n. [ME < OE, akin to Ger < IE base * k̑er , upper part of the body, head > L cornu, Gr keras] 1. a) a hard, hollow, bony or keratinous, permanent projection that grows on the head of various hoofed animals, esp. bovid ruminants b) …   English World dictionary

  • Horn — Sn std. (8. Jh.), mhd. horn, ahd. horn, as. horn Stammwort. Aus g. * hurna n. Horn , auch in gt. haurn, anord. horn, ae. horn m., afr. horn. Außergermanisch entspricht am genauesten (als u Stamm) l. cornū Horn, Spitze (al. cornum), kelt. kárnon… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • HORN (R.) — HORN REBECCA (1944 ) Née en 1944 à Michelstadt Hambourg, l’artiste d’origine allemande Rebecca Horn a réalisé ses premiers travaux en polyuréthanne, ce qui provoque chez elle une grave infection pulmonaire. Pendant près d’un an, elle sera… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Horn — Horn: Das gemeingerm. Wort mhd., ahd. horn, got. haúrn, engl. horn, schwed. horn ist, wie z. B. auch das verwandte lat. cornu »Horn«, eine Bildung zu der unter ↑ Hirn dargestellten idg. Wurzel *k̑er‹ə› , die ursprünglich das Horn bzw. Geweih auf… …   Das Herkunftswörterbuch

  • horn|y — «HR nee», adjective, horn|i|er, horn|i|est. 1. made of horn or a substance like it: »the horny shell of a lobster. 2. hard like a horn; calloused …   Useful english dictionary

  • Horn — wird, wie auch die Hornspäne, auf Stickstoffdünger verarbeitet, und zwar durch Rösten oder Dämpfen. Beim Rösten wird das Horn in eisernen Gefäßen unter kräftigem Rühren stark erhitzt, wobei jedes Anbrennen vermieden werden muß, da dasselbe große… …   Lexikon der gesamten Technik

  • Horn [2] — Horn (ital. Corno, franz. Cor, engl. Horn), das bekannte, durch Weichheit des Tones vor allen andern ausgezeichnete Blechblasinstrument, entweder als Naturinstrument (Naturhorn, Waldhorn, Corno di caccia, Cor de chasse, French horn) oder (in… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Hörn — Hörn, die paarige, aus Hornsubstanz bestehende Scheide der (knöchernen) Stirnbeinzapfen der Cavicornia (horntragenden Wiederkäuer). Im weiteren Sinne als Hornmaterial rechnet man hierzu noch die Hufe der Unpaarzeher, die Klauen der Paarzeher und… …   Lexikon der gesamten Technik

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