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The correct spelling is horn.
How to pronounce horn
/hɔːn/
nounIPA: /hɔːn/
Say it like: Hor-n
The correct spelling is horn. A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals, usually paired. For example: "an umbrella with a handle made of horn"
Usage Examples
“an umbrella with a handle made of horn”
“hunting horn”
“The shot was after the horn and therefore did not count.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals, usually paired.
- 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.An antler.
- 4.The hard substance from which animals' horns are made, sometimes used by man as a material for making various objects.
- 5.An object whose shape resembles a horn, such as cornucopia, the point of an anvil, or a vessel for gunpowder or liquid.
verb
- 1.(of an animal) To assault with the horns.
- 2.To furnish with horns.
- 3.To cuckold.
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