as in tube
something shaped like a hollow cone and used as a container
musketeers carrying their gunpowder in powder horns
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Seconds probably felt more like agonizing minutes, knowing what awaited the Charlotte Hornets once the final horn sounded.
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Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2025
Officials said the head and horns of the mature male antelope were found at the residence and its meat was found in a freezer there.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2025
Though Kanye West locked horns with Don Lemon over his attention-grabbing appearance at the 2025 Grammys, he’s remained mostly mum on the backlash regarding his wife Bianca Censori’s NSFW red carpet look.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2025
Down below the high mesa, a freight train blew its horn.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025
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Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2025
Officials said the head and horns of the mature male antelope were found at the residence and its meat was found in a freezer there.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2025
Though Kanye West locked horns with Don Lemon over his attention-grabbing appearance at the 2025 Grammys, he’s remained mostly mum on the backlash regarding his wife Bianca Censori’s NSFW red carpet look.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2025
Down below the high mesa, a freight train blew its horn.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Horn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horn. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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