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Word entry · 4 letters

horn

Best crossword clue

"Animal's pointed growth"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /hɔːn/Part of speech noun, verbSorted hnorStarts with HEnds with N3 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates

Word origin

From Middle English horn, horne, from Old English horn, from Proto-West Germanic *horn, from Proto-Germanic *hurną. Compare West Frisian hoarn, Dutch hoorn, Low German Hoorn, horn, German Horn, Danish and Swedish horn, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽 (haurn).

Used in a sentence

  • an umbrella with a handle made of horn
  • horns of mead and ale
  • The one brought out a filled up horn.

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Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues

01Animal's pointed growth4 letters
02Car sounder4 letters
03Pointed animal growth4 letters

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