CORNET Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the word cornet. (close relations)
Definition of CORNET
cornets
Best Alternative Words for CORNET
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| horn | nounn | |||||||
noun • a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it • one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates • a noise made by the driver of an automobile to give warning • a high pommel of a Western saddle (usually metal covered with leather) • a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves • any hard protuberance from the head of an organism that is similar to or suggestive of a horn • the material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails • a device having the shape of a horn • an alarm device that makes a loud warning sound • a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves • a device on an automobile for making a warning noise verb • stab or pierce with a horn or tusk | ||||||||
| trumpet | nounn | |||||||
noun • a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves verb • proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet • play or blow on the trumpet • utter in trumpet-like sounds | ||||||||
| bugle | nounn | |||||||
noun • a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares • any of various low-growing annual or perennial evergreen herbs native to Eurasia; used for ground cover • a tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothing for decoration verb • play on a bugle | ||||||||
| flugelhorn | nounn | |||||||
noun • a brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider bore | ||||||||
| post horn | nounn | |||||||
noun • wind instrument used by postilions of the 18th and 19th centuries | ||||||||
| trump | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a playing card in the suit that has been declared trumps • (card games) the suit that has been declared to rank above all other suits for the duration of the hand • a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves verb • produce a sound as if from a trumpet • get the better of • play a trump • proclaim or announce with or as if with a fanfare | ||||||||
