horn-likeadj.
Resembling horn or a horn.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > sharp unevenness > [adjective] > as a sharp projection
horn-like1579
spur-like1829
the world > matter > constitution of matter > other specific kinds of texture > [adjective] > of texture of horn
horny1398
buck-horn1613
hornish1634
corneous1646
horn-like1684
cornuous1818
ceratinous1881
hornified1963
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [adjective] > resembling horn
horn-like1885
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > horn > [adjective]
horn-like1885
1579 J. Jones Arte preseruing Bodie & Soule i. xl. 87 Swordlike, tunlike, hornelike,..and such other.
1684 R. Boyle Exper. Porosity of Bodies v. 93 This horn-like Silver did dissolve neither.
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 314/1 The Hornbills have..upon their enormous beaks horn-like prominences.
1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 31 Mar. 4/1 Certain notes, full, hornlike..which no horn or violoncello ever equalled in timbre.
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horn-like
horn-like adj.
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1929 D. H. Lawrence Pansies 26 Honking horn-like into the twilight.
1951 S. Spender World within World 162 The syllables which she unerringly chose to emphasize changed her speech into horn-like blasts.
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