horn

A device on a vehicle that makes a loud sound to warn people.

• Press the horn to warn him.
• The driver sounded her horn twice.
• Why are all those car horns beeping?

Similar words: hooter, klaxon

Common phrases: car horn, sound the horn, horn button

A hard pointed growth on an animal’s head, or the material it is made of.

• The goat has a broken horn.
• The bull lowered its horns.
• Her old comb was made of horn.

Similar words: keratin

Common phrases: curved horn, horn handle, horn on something

A musical instrument, usually metal, that you play by blowing into it.

• She plays the horn.
• The orchestra needs two more horn players.
• A horn solo opened the concert.

Common phrases: play the horn, french horn, horn section

An instrument you blow into to make a loud signal.

• The hunter blew his horn.
• A horn sounded across the valley.
• They used horns to call everyone together.

Common phrases: hunting horn, blow a horn, sound a horn

To make a vehicle’s warning device sound.

• The driver horned twice.
• She horned at the cyclist ahead.
• Cars kept horning outside the gate.

How to use it: horn at someone/something (He horned at a car blocking the entrance.)

Similar words: honk

Common phrases: horn at someone, horn loudly