horn
A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals, usually paired.
Noun 4 meanings
A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals, usually paired.
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.
An antler.
The hard substance from which animals' horns are made, sometimes used by man as a material for making various objects.
“an umbrella with a handle made of horn”
Verb 3 meanings
Of an animal, to assault with the horns.
To furnish with horns.
To sound the horn of a motor vehicle; to honk.
“, His Precious Gem He horned five times but the man didn't moved his car away.”
Etymology
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).
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HORN at a glance
HORN has 4 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (H 4 + O 1 + R 1 + N 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,592 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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