as in horn
something shaped like a hollow cone and used as a container
cornets of pastry dough that were baked and later filled with cream
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Pacho Flores was the agile trumpeter, solid in tone throughout his range, brilliant on the cornet and mellow on the flugelhorn.
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Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2023
Bands in the 19th century had a wide range of formats and instrumentation, but all-brass ensembles were very common and often known as cornet bands.
—Catherine Baty, Baltimore Sun, 7 July 2023
Calling it a trumpet concerto is perhaps a misnomer: the soloist probably spends more time on cornets or flugelhorn than on the trumpet.
—Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2023
Many of the city’s most interesting artists are peppered through the record, from Ben Lamar Gay on cornet to Ayanna Woods and Sen Morimoto providing saxophone arrangements.
—Britt Julious, chicagotribune.com, 27 Aug. 2021
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Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2023
Bands in the 19th century had a wide range of formats and instrumentation, but all-brass ensembles were very common and often known as cornet bands.
—Catherine Baty, Baltimore Sun, 7 July 2023
Calling it a trumpet concerto is perhaps a misnomer: the soloist probably spends more time on cornets or flugelhorn than on the trumpet.
—Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2023
Many of the city’s most interesting artists are peppered through the record, from Ben Lamar Gay on cornet to Ayanna Woods and Sen Morimoto providing saxophone arrangements.
—Britt Julious, chicagotribune.com, 27 Aug. 2021
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“Cornet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cornet. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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