horn

CEFRB1

/hɔːn/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A hard pointed growth on the head of some animals.

  2. 02

    noun

    A device that makes a loud warning sound.

Examples

  • Don't blow your own horn too much.

  • Nobody likes him, because he is always blowing his own horn.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈhoːɹˠn/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An antler.

  2. 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.

  3. A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals, usually paired.

More examples

In context

  • The Van Horn family was in the chips.

  • The shot was after the horn and therefore did not count.

  • an umbrella with a handle made of horn

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From 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). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂-nó-m, from *ḱerh₂- (“head, horn”). Compare Breton kern (“horn”), Latin cornū, Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras), Proto-Slavic *sьrna, Old Church Slavonic сьрна (sĭrna, “roedeer”), Hittite [script needed] (surna, “horn”), Persian سر (sar), Sanskrit शृङ्ग (śṛṅga, “horn”). Doublet of corn (“callus”), corno, and cornu. (telephone): From the horn-shaped earpieces of old communication systems that used air tubes.