CORNUA Synonyms

• 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

• stab or pierce with a horn or tusk

• a pointed projection

• a transient variation in voltage or current

• sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes

• fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn

• (botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis

• a sharp rise followed by a sharp decline

• a very high narrow heel on women's shoes

• each of the sharp points on the soles of athletic shoes to prevent slipping (or the shoes themselves)

• a sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall (or a dinosaur)

• a long, thin sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal)

• any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object

• a large stout nail

• stand in the way of

• pierce with a sharp stake or point

• secure with spikes

• bring forth a spike or spikes

• add alcohol to (beverages)

• manifest a sharp increase

• prong on a fork or pitchfork or antler