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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The most common example of the effect is the way the sound of a train's horn appears to bend as the locomotive thunders past an observer.
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Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2025
Over a simple club beat and some brassy horns on the chorus, the rapper narrates a particularly wild night out, all while still maintaining his status as a force to be reckoned with in the music industry.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 13 Mar. 2025
The Avs are doing it with a cruise ship-grade horn.
—Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 12 Mar. 2025
In the scene, Cavallari called AAA, yelled at people who honked their horns at her and even talked to a friend who happened to drive by.
—Victoria Edel, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025
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Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2025
Over a simple club beat and some brassy horns on the chorus, the rapper narrates a particularly wild night out, all while still maintaining his status as a force to be reckoned with in the music industry.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 13 Mar. 2025
The Avs are doing it with a cruise ship-grade horn.
—Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 12 Mar. 2025
In the scene, Cavallari called AAA, yelled at people who honked their horns at her and even talked to a friend who happened to drive by.
—Victoria Edel, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for horn
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“Horn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horn. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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