horn

horn
horn1 [ho:n US ho:rn] n
hoof, ↑horn
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1¦(animal)¦
2¦(on a car)¦
3¦(musical instrument)¦
4 drinking horn/powder horn etc
5 draw/pull in your horns
6 be on the horns of a dilemma
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[: Old English;]
1.) ¦(ANIMAL)¦
a)
the hard pointed thing that grows, usually in pairs, on the heads of animals such as cows and goats
→↑antlers
b) [U]
the substance that animals' horns are made of
a knife with a horn handle
c)
a part of an animal's head that sticks out like a horn, for example on a ↑snail
2.) ¦(ON A CAR)¦
the thing in a vehicle that you use to make a loud sound as a signal or warning
sound/toot/honk/blow your horn
(=make a noise with your horn)
3.) ¦(MUSICAL INSTRUMENT)¦
a) a musical instrument like a long metal tube that is wide at one end, that you play by blowing
b) informal a ↑trumpet
c) a ↑French horn
d) a musical instrument made from an animal's horn
4.) drinking horn/powder horn etc
a container in the shape of an animal's horn, used in the past for drinking from, carrying ↑gunpowder etc
5.) draw/pull in your horns
to reduce the amount of money you spend
6.) be on the horns of a dilemma
to be in a situation in which you have to choose between two equally unpleasant or difficult situations
blow your own trumpet/horn atblow1 (21)
lock horns atlock1 (6)
take the bull by the horns atbull1 (3)
horn 2
horn2 v
horn in phr v
to interrupt or try to take part in something when you are not wanted
= ↑butt in horn in on
Don't try and horn in on our fun.

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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  • Horn — may refer to: * Horn (anatomy), the pointed projection of the skin of various animals, as an organ or its material * Horn (surname)In music and sound * Horn (instrument), sometimes called a French horn, a brass musical instrument constructed of… …   Wikipedia

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  • horn — [hôrn] n. [ME < OE, akin to Ger < IE base * k̑er , upper part of the body, head > L cornu, Gr keras] 1. a) a hard, hollow, bony or keratinous, permanent projection that grows on the head of various hoofed animals, esp. bovid ruminants b) …   English World dictionary

  • Horn — Sn std. (8. Jh.), mhd. horn, ahd. horn, as. horn Stammwort. Aus g. * hurna n. Horn , auch in gt. haurn, anord. horn, ae. horn m., afr. horn. Außergermanisch entspricht am genauesten (als u Stamm) l. cornū Horn, Spitze (al. cornum), kelt. kárnon… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • HORN (R.) — HORN REBECCA (1944 ) Née en 1944 à Michelstadt Hambourg, l’artiste d’origine allemande Rebecca Horn a réalisé ses premiers travaux en polyuréthanne, ce qui provoque chez elle une grave infection pulmonaire. Pendant près d’un an, elle sera… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Horn — Horn: Das gemeingerm. Wort mhd., ahd. horn, got. haúrn, engl. horn, schwed. horn ist, wie z. B. auch das verwandte lat. cornu »Horn«, eine Bildung zu der unter ↑ Hirn dargestellten idg. Wurzel *k̑er‹ə› , die ursprünglich das Horn bzw. Geweih auf… …   Das Herkunftswörterbuch

  • horn|y — «HR nee», adjective, horn|i|er, horn|i|est. 1. made of horn or a substance like it: »the horny shell of a lobster. 2. hard like a horn; calloused …   Useful english dictionary

  • Horn — wird, wie auch die Hornspäne, auf Stickstoffdünger verarbeitet, und zwar durch Rösten oder Dämpfen. Beim Rösten wird das Horn in eisernen Gefäßen unter kräftigem Rühren stark erhitzt, wobei jedes Anbrennen vermieden werden muß, da dasselbe große… …   Lexikon der gesamten Technik

  • Horn [2] — Horn (ital. Corno, franz. Cor, engl. Horn), das bekannte, durch Weichheit des Tones vor allen andern ausgezeichnete Blechblasinstrument, entweder als Naturinstrument (Naturhorn, Waldhorn, Corno di caccia, Cor de chasse, French horn) oder (in… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Hörn — Hörn, die paarige, aus Hornsubstanz bestehende Scheide der (knöchernen) Stirnbeinzapfen der Cavicornia (horntragenden Wiederkäuer). Im weiteren Sinne als Hornmaterial rechnet man hierzu noch die Hufe der Unpaarzeher, die Klauen der Paarzeher und… …   Lexikon der gesamten Technik

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