[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/horn/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [H](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/h/) / horn # horn noun (a horn, horns; horn — uncountable as a material) «horn» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. A hard, pointed, often curved growth on the head of some animals, like cows, goats, rhinos and rams. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horn/#m1) 2. A device in a car, bus or bike that makes a loud warning sound (beep the horn). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horn/#m2) 3. A brass musical instrument you blow into (French horn); also any simple instrument made from an animal horn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horn/#m3) 4. The hard material that horns are made of. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horn/#m4) ### In the lessons In science, horns are adaptations for defence and for fighting for mates; rhinos are hunted for their horns, which is why they are endangered. In road safety, a car horn warns of danger — if you hear one, stop and look. In music, the horn is in the brass family of the orchestra. Phrases: honk/beep/sound the horn, the horns of a dilemma, lock horns (argue), blow your own horn (boast), take the bull by the horns (face a problem bravely). ### Examples - The goat has two curly horns. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horn/#x1) - The driver honked the horn to warn the cyclist. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horn/#x2) - Rhinos are in danger because people hunt them for their horns. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horn/#x3) - My brother plays the French horn in the school band. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horn/#x4) - When you hear a car horn, stop and look around. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horn/#x5) - The bull lowered its horns and charged. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horn/#x6) - Stop blowing your own horn — let others speak too. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horn/#x7) - All had horns growing on their foreheads. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horn/#x8) ### Note Countable: a horn, horns. «Horn» (on animals) is not «antler»: horns stay for life and are not shed; antlers (deer) fall off and grow back each year. Unicorns have one horn — but only in stories. ## In Jewish tradition Horn can mean a ram's horn trumpet, the horn-shaped corner of the altar, or a sign of strength, as with the wild-ox. **Interpretation.** The ram's horn, the shofar, is blown at Rosh Hashanah. The horns of the altar were touched with blood in the offerings, and a horn stands for power. ### Examples - and the horned owl, and the pelican, and the carrion-vulture; (Torah LEV.11.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/horn/#x1) - the little owl, and the great owl, and the horned owl; (Torah DEU.14.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/horn/#x2) - God who brought them forth out of Egypt is for them like the lofty horns of the wild-ox. (Torah NUM.23.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/horn/#x3) - Set the horn to thy mouth. (Prophets HOS.8.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/horn/#x4) - And he that sounded the horn was by me. (Writings NEH.4.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/horn/#x5) - So the people shouted, and the priests blew with the horns. (Prophets JOS.6.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/horn/#x6) ### Note Countable: a horn, horns. «Horn» (on animals) is not «antler»: horns stay for life and are not shed; antlers (deer) fall off and grow back each year. Unicorns have one horn — but only in stories. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «horn» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horn/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«horn» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/horn.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «horn» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/horn/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«horn» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/horn.html) on Mova free.