as in tube
something shaped like a hollow cone and used as a container
musketeers carrying their gunpowder in powder horns
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Hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets across Gaza on Sunday, honking car horns and cheering to celebrate the start of the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas.
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Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
At a pro-Palestinian street protest in Columbus, Ohio, last fall, demonstrators march to the rhythm of liberation chants, punctuated by occasional horns from passing cars.
—Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Jan. 2025
My personality is Paleozoic: sea urchin, horn lantern with the panes of horn
left out.
—Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 10 Jan. 2025
After that Wednesday’s practice, the air horn blew, the team huddled, players dispersed and the quarterbacks came together.
—Alec Lewis, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
At a pro-Palestinian street protest in Columbus, Ohio, last fall, demonstrators march to the rhythm of liberation chants, punctuated by occasional horns from passing cars.
—Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Jan. 2025
My personality is Paleozoic: sea urchin, horn lantern with the panes of horn
left out.
—Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 10 Jan. 2025
After that Wednesday’s practice, the air horn blew, the team huddled, players dispersed and the quarterbacks came together.
—Alec Lewis, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for horn
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“Horn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horn. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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