horn
A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals,…A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals, usually paired.
» Rhinos are killed by poachers for their horns.
Браконьеры убивают носорогов ради их рогов. — Wezel
Браконьєри вбивають носорогів за їхні роги. — deniko
Hybrid · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
23 senses(countable)A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals, usually paired.
(countable, uncountable)Any similar real or imaginary growth or projection such as the elongated tusk of a narwhal, the eyestalk of a snail, the pointed growth on the nose of a rhinoceros, or the hornlike projection on the head of a demon or similar.
рогrog
(countable, uncountable)An antler.
(uncountable)The hard substance from which animals' horns are made, sometimes used by man as a material for making various objects.
an umbrella with a handle made of horn
Horn
рогrog
(countable, uncountable)A vessel made from a horn, to contain drink, ink, gunpowder, etc.
An object whose shape resembles a horn, such as cornucopia or the point of an anvil.
(countable, uncountable)One of the two corners of a crescent, particularly of the crescent moon
(countable, uncountable)The high pommel of a saddle; also, either of the projections on a lady's saddle for supporting the leg.
a high pommel of a Western saddle (usually metal covered with leather)
(countable, uncountable)The Ionic volute.
(countable, uncountable)The outer end of a crosstree; also, one of the projections forming the jaws of a gaff, boom, etc.
(countable, uncountable)A curved projection on the fore part of a plane.
(countable, uncountable)One of the projections at the four corners of the Jewish altar of burnt offering.
(countable)Any of several musical wind instruments.
Waldhorn, Horn
рожо́кrožók
Examples
220 sentencesRhinos are killed by poachers for their horns.
Браконьєри вбивають носорогів за їхні роги. — deniko
ruБраконьеры убивают носорогов ради их рогов. — Wezel
Buffaloes have big horns.
У бізонів великі роги. — deniko
ruУ бизонов большие рога. — MikaM
Tom beeped the horn.
Том просигналив. — deniko
ruТом трубил в рог. — Balamax
Tom honked the horn.
Том просигналив. — deniko
deTom hupte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Honk the horn.
Посигналь. — deniko
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 4
By meaning 8
Origin
From Middle English horn, horne, from Old English horn, from Proto-West Germanic *horn, frFrom Middle English horn, horne, from Old English horn, from Proto-West Germanic *horn, from Proto-Germanic *hurną. Compare West Frisian hoarn, Dutch hoorn, Low German Hoorn, horn, German Horn, Danish and Swedish horn, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽 (haurn).
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Forms
plural: hornsSynonyms
16 synonyms- a high pommel of a Western saddle (usually metal covered with leather):saddle horn
- a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves:cornettrumpettrump
- a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves:French horn
- a device on an automobile for making a warning noise:automobile horncar hornmotor hornhooter
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
3 patterns- honked his horn
- horn as well
- honked the horn
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.