horn




horn - noun

  • a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it
  • one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates
  • a noise made by the driver of an automobile to give warning
  • a high pommel of a Western saddle (usually metal covered with leather)
  • a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
  • any hard protuberance from the head of an organism that is similar to or suggestive of a horn
  • the material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails
  • a device having the shape of a horn
  • an alarm device that makes a loud warning sound
  • a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves
  • a device on an automobile for making a warning noise

  • horn - verb

    • stab or pierce with a horn or tusk

    horn - thesaurus

    cornet   hooter   trump   trumpet   tusk  


    View spelling list or words and learn about the word horn in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 14. Spelling choices for /or/ sound: or, ore, au, aw + war.

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    Scrabble score for horn

    h is 4 o is 1 r is 1 n is 1
    Scrabble score = 7

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