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1. a hard permanent outgrowth, often curved and pointed, found in pairs on the heads of cattle, sheep, goats, giraffes, etc. and consisting of a core of bone encased in keratinized skin.

〖通例～s〗 (牛･シカ･ヤギなどの)角

a woolly keratinized outgrowth, occurring singly or one behind another, on the snout of a rhinoceros.

a deer's antler.

a hornlike projection on the head of another animal, e.g., a snail's tentacle or the tuft of a horned owl.

(カタツムリなどの)触覚

(horns) archaic a pair of horns as an emblem of a cuckold.

｟古｠ ; 〖～s〗 (寝とられた夫の額に生えるという)角

2. the substance of which horns are composed:

(材料としての)角〘スプーン･ボタン･装飾品などに使われる〙

e.g. powdered rhino horn.

a receptacle or instrument made of horn, such as a drinking container or powder flask.

角型の杯(drinking horn); 火薬を入れる容器(powder horn); 靴べら(shoehorn).

3. a horn-shaped projection.

角の形に似た物

a sharp promontory or mountain peak.

a raised projection on the pommel of a Western saddle:

e.g. slung from the horn of his saddle was a leather bag.

(the Horn) Cape Horn.

ホーン岬〘南米最南端の岬〙

an arm or branch of a river or bay.

the extremity of the moon or other crescent.

三日月の先端

British vulgar slang an erect penis.

4. a wind instrument, conical in shape or wound into a spiral, originally made from an animal horn (now typically brass) and played by lip vibration.

金管楽器〘トランペットなど〙; 動物の角で作られた笛.

short for French horn.

〖しばしばthe ～〗 〘楽〙 ホルン(French horn)

5. an instrument sounding a warning or other signal:

(車･電車などの)警笛

e.g. a car horn.

verb with object

(of an animal) butt or gore with the horns.

…を角で突く; 〖be ～ed〗 角が付く［生える］

blow one's own horn (or toot one's own horn)

North American informal talk boastfully about oneself or one's achievements.

draw in one's horns (or pull in one's horns)

become less assertive or ambitious.

North American informal on the telephone:

e.g. she got on the horn to complain.

faced with a decision involving equally unfavorable alternatives.

informal intrude or interfere.

hornist |-ist| noun

horn (sense 4 of the noun)

hornless |ˈhôrnləs| adjective

hornlike |-ˌlīk| adjective

Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoorn and German Horn, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin cornu and Greek keras.