Topic: MUSIC
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| Language: | Old English |
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animal
a) [countable] the hard pointed thing that grows, usually in pairs, on the heads of animals such as cows and goats [↪ antlers]
b) [uncountable] the substance that animals' horns are made of : a knife with a horn handle
a knife with a horn handlec) [countable] a part of an animal's head that sticks out like a horn, for example on a snail
2 the thing in a vehicle that you use to make a loud sound as a signal or warning
on a car
[countable]TMC sound/toot/honk/blow your horn (=make a noise with your horn)
3
musical instrument
[countable]a) APM a musical instrument like a long metal tube that is wide at one end, that you play by blowing
b) informal a trumpet
c) a French horn
4 a container in the shape of an animal's horn, used in the past for drinking from, carrying gunpowder etc
drinking horn/powder horn etc
6 to be in a situation in which you have to choose between two equally unpleasant or difficult situations
