| horn | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. horn | a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it. |
| ~ game | a contest with rules to determine a winner.; "you need four people to play this game" |
| ~ noisemaker | a device (such as a clapper or bell or horn) used to make a loud noise at a celebration. |
| n. (animal) | 2. horn | one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates. |
| ~ antler | deciduous horn of a member of the deer family. |
| ~ bull | uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle. |
| ~ tup, ram | uncastrated adult male sheep.; "a British term is `tup'" |
| ~ caprine animal, goat | any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns. |
| ~ bone, os | rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates. |
| ~ appendage, outgrowth, process | a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant.; "a bony process" |
| n. (communication) | 3. horn | a noise made by the driver of an automobile to give warning. |
| ~ alarum, warning signal, alarm, alert | an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. horn, saddle horn | a high pommel of a Western saddle (usually metal covered with leather). |
| ~ saddlebow, pommel | handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle. |
| ~ stock saddle, western saddle | an ornamented saddle used by cowboys; has a high horn to hold the lariat. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. cornet, horn, trump, trumpet | a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves. |
| ~ brass instrument, brass | a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece. |
| ~ serpent | an obsolete bass cornet; resembles a snake. |
| n. (animal) | 6. horn | any hard protuberance from the head of an organism that is similar to or suggestive of a horn. |
| ~ appendage, outgrowth, process | a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant.; "a bony process" |
| n. (substance) | 7. horn | the material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails. |
| ~ ceratin, keratin | a fibrous scleroprotein that occurs in the outer layer of the skin and in horny tissues such as hair, feathers, nails, and hooves. |
| ~ animal material | material derived from animals. |
| ~ baleen, whalebone | a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets. |
| ~ tortoiseshell | the mottled horny substance of the shell of some turtles. |
| n. (artifact) | 8. horn | a device having the shape of a horn.; "horns at the ends of a new moon"; "the hornof an anvil"; "the cleat had two horns" |
| ~ device | an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose.; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water" |
| n. (artifact) | 9. horn | an alarm device that makes a loud warning sound. |
| ~ air horn | a pneumatic horn. |
| ~ alarm system, warning device, alarm | a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event. |
| ~ foghorn | a warning device consisting of a horn that generates a loud low tone. |
| ~ claxon, klaxon | a kind of loud horn formerly used on motor vehicles. |
| ~ shofar, shophar | an ancient musical horn made from the horn of a ram; used in ancient times by the Israelites to sound a warning or a summons; used in synagogues today on solemn occasions. |
| n. (artifact) | 10. french horn, horn | a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves. |
| ~ brass instrument, brass | a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece. |
| n. (artifact) | 11. automobile horn, car horn, hooter, horn, motor horn | a device on an automobile for making a warning noise. |
| ~ alarm system, warning device, alarm | a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event. |
| ~ auto, automobile, car, motorcar, machine | a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine.; "he needs a car to get to work" |
| ~ horn button | a button that you press to activate the horn of an automobile. |
| v. (contact) | 12. horn, tusk | stab or pierce with a horn or tusk.; "the rhino horned the explorer" |
| ~ pierce, thrust | penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument. |
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