horns

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a hard, pointed, often curved part that grows from the head of some animals:

The bull lowered its horns and charged straight at him.

The male deer grows large branching horns called antlers.

the hard substance from which the hard part on the head of some animals is made:

The handle of the knife was made of horn, perhaps elk or deer.

Many traditional medicines call for ivory or rhino horn.

a part on an animal's head that sticks out in a similar way to a horn:

The snail pulls in its horns.

The bird's brow plumes are twice the size of its body, forming willowy horns.

a device on a vehicle that is used to make a loud noise as a warning or signal to other people:

sound a horn The driver sounded her horn.

blow a horn He pulled up in front of her house and blew the horn.

honk a horn informal A car sped by honking its horn.

a curved metal musical instrument that is narrow at the end you blow into and much wider at the other end

a hard, pointed part, usually one of a pair, on the head of cows, goats, and other animals

any of various musical instruments consisting of a long curved metal tube that is narrow at the end you blow into and wider at the other end, or this type of instrument generally

a device on a vehicle that is used to make a loud sound as a warning or signal:

Angry drivers were honking their horns.