as in tubes
something shaped like a hollow cone and used as a container
musketeers carrying their gunpowder in powder horns
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Recent Examples of horns
At each site, the city plans to install additional safety features designed to make up for the absence of train horns.
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Noah Daly, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2026
In a noisy scene outside the Manhattan courthouse, contrasting groups of demonstrators chanted, blew horns and beat drums and cowbells.
—Arkansas Online, 27 Mar. 2026
In a noisy scene, protesters and supporters chanted, blew horns and beat drums and cowbells.
—Regina Garcia Cano, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
The melodic and sunny set was infused with love, horns and abundant good vibes that set the tone for the rest of the night.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2026
In other words, horns and homicide, together again.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026
The Ducks locked horns with a beast from the East and emerged triumphant, 6-5 in overtime, against the Buffalo Sabres in a clash that had four lead changes at Honda Center on Sunday evening.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 23 Mar. 2026
Overnight, workers lined entrances to the refinery holding signs, honking horns, and settling in for around-the-clock picketing.
—Darius Johnson, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
Or, as would be more accurate for the genre, a devil gets its horns.
—Chase Hutchinson, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2026
Noah Daly, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2026
In a noisy scene outside the Manhattan courthouse, contrasting groups of demonstrators chanted, blew horns and beat drums and cowbells.
—Arkansas Online, 27 Mar. 2026
In a noisy scene, protesters and supporters chanted, blew horns and beat drums and cowbells.
—Regina Garcia Cano, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
The melodic and sunny set was infused with love, horns and abundant good vibes that set the tone for the rest of the night.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2026
In other words, horns and homicide, together again.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026
The Ducks locked horns with a beast from the East and emerged triumphant, 6-5 in overtime, against the Buffalo Sabres in a clash that had four lead changes at Honda Center on Sunday evening.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 23 Mar. 2026
Overnight, workers lined entrances to the refinery holding signs, honking horns, and settling in for around-the-clock picketing.
—Darius Johnson, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
Or, as would be more accurate for the genre, a devil gets its horns.
—Chase Hutchinson, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for horns
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No Tang and food in tubes for the astronauts on the Artemis 2 moon mission – space food has come a long way since humankind first began regularly venturing beyond Earth's atmosphere more than six decades ago.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
26 Mar. 2026
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Pemberton went to Paris and to expert Baschet musician Thomas Bloch to record the ‘40s-era organ made of glass tubes of varying length, played with wet fingertips.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
25 Mar. 2026
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While recovering from cancer, Jackson pursued his lifelong dream of designing and measuring the acoustical properties of woodwind instruments, particularly Renaissance-era flutes, crumhorns, and cornets.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
24 July 2025
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“Horns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horns. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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