Definition of horn

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • horn is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 7
  • horn is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 7
  • horn is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 7

Definition of horn


  • a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. french horn
  • a high pommel of a Western saddle (usually metal covered with leather) (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. saddle horn
  • a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. cornet
    2. trump
    3. trumpet
  • stab or pierce with a horn or tusk (verb)

    Examples

    1. the rhino horned the explorer

    Synonyms

    1. tusk
  • a device on an automobile for making a warning noise (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. automobile horn
    2. car horn
    3. hooter
    4. motor horn
  • a device having the shape of a horn (noun)

    Examples

    1. horns at the ends of a new moon
    2. the horn of an anvil
    3. the cleat had two horns
  • an alarm device that makes a loud warning sound (noun)
  • a noise made by the driver of an automobile to give warning (noun)
  • a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it (noun)
  • any hard protuberance from the head of an organism that is similar to or suggestive of a horn (noun)
  • one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates (noun)
  • the material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails (noun)

See definition of horn in Merriam Webster