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English noun: horn | |||
| 1. | horn (artifact) a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | noisemaker | ||
| Domain category | game | ||
| 2. | horn (animal) one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | appendage, outgrowth, process | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | antler | ||
| Part meronym | bull, caprine animal, goat, ram, tup | ||
| Substance holonym | bone, os | ||
| 3. | horn (communication) a noise made by the driver of an automobile to give warning | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alarm, alarum, alert, warning signal | ||
| 4. | horn (artifact) a high pommel of a Western saddle (usually metal covered with leather) | ||
| Synonyms | saddle horn | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | pommel, saddlebow | ||
| Part meronym | stock saddle, Western saddle | ||
| 5. | horn (artifact) a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves | ||
| Synonyms | cornet, trump, trumpet | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | brass, brass instrument | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | serpent | ||
| 6. | horn (animal) any hard protuberance from the head of an organism that is similar to or suggestive of a horn | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | appendage, outgrowth, process | ||
| 7. | horn (substance) the material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | animal material | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | baleen, tortoiseshell, whalebone | ||
| Substance holonym | ceratin, keratin | ||
| 8. | horn (artifact) a device having the shape of a horn | ||
| Samples | Horns at the ends of a new moon. The hornof an anvil. The cleat had two horns. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | device | ||
| 9. | horn (artifact) an alarm device that makes a loud warning sound | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alarm, alarm system, warning device | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | air horn, claxon, foghorn, klaxon, shofar, shophar | ||
| 10. | horn (artifact) a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves | ||
| Synonyms | French horn | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | brass, brass instrument | ||
| 11. | horn (artifact) a device on an automobile for making a warning noise | ||
| Synonyms | automobile horn, car horn, hooter, motor horn | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alarm, alarm system, warning device | ||
| Part holonym | horn button | ||
| Part meronym | auto, automobile, car, machine, motorcar | ||
English verb: horn | |||
| 1. | horn (contact) stab or pierce with a horn or tusk | ||
| Samples | The rhino horned the explorer. | ||
| Synonyms | tusk | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | pierce, thrust | ||
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