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noun (horns, -)
- (countable) A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals.
- (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
- (countable) Any of several musical wind instruments.
- (countable) An instrument resembling a musical horn and used to signal others.
- hunting
- (countable) A loud alarm, especially one on a motor vehicle.
- (countable) A conical device used to direct waves.
- antenna
- loudspeaker
- (context, informal, countable) Generally, any brass wind instrument.
- (context, slang, countable, from the horn-shaped earpieces of old communication systems that used air tubes) A telephone.
- (context, uncountable, coarse, slang, definite article) An erection of the penis.
- (context, countable, coarse, slang, definite article) A peninsula or crescent-shaped tract of land. "to navigate around the horn."
Translations: - Dutch: horen
- French: klaxon
- German: Blech
(trans-mid)
(trans-bottom)
(trans-top, slang: telephone)
- Italian: clacson
(trans-mid)
- Spanish: bocina (italbrac, Argentina, Chile, Guatemala, Spain, Uruguay), claxon (italbrac, Mexico, Peru, Spain), corneta (italbrac, Venezuela), fotuto (italbrac, Cuba), pito (italbrac, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Spain)
Etymology: From .
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