as in horn
something shaped like a hollow cone and used as a container cornets of pastry dough that were baked and later filled with cream

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Recent Examples of cornet Bands in the 19th century had a wide range of formats and instrumentation, but all-brass ensembles were very common and often known as cornet bands. Catherine Baty, Baltimore Sun, 7 July 2023 Calling it a trumpet concerto is perhaps a misnomer: the soloist probably spends more time on cornets or flugelhorn than on the trumpet. Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2023 Many of the city’s most interesting artists are peppered through the record, from Ben Lamar Gay on cornet to Ayanna Woods and Sen Morimoto providing saxophone arrangements. Britt Julious, chicagotribune.com, 27 Aug. 2021 The Creative Music Series presents the A-1 altoist’s coruscating band in a free outdoor concert featuring avant aces Taylor Ho Bynum (cornet), Timo Shanko (bass), and Luther Gray (drums). BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2021 See all Example Sentences for cornet 

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“Cornet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cornet. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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