Horn

Tamil Meaning

English Meaning

1. One of the hard, usually permanent structures projecting from the head of certain mammals, such as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes, consisting of a bony core covered with a sheath of keratinous material.
2. A hard protuberance, such as an antler or projection on the head of a giraffe or rhinoceros, that is similar to or suggestive of a horn.
3. The hard smooth keratinous material forming the outer covering of the horns of cattle or related animals.
4. A natural or synthetic substance resembling this material.
5. A container, such as a powder horn, made from a horn.
6. Something having the shape of a horn, especially:
7. A horn of plenty; a cornucopia.
8. Either of the ends of a new moon.
9. The point of an anvil.
10. The pommel of a saddle.
11. An ear trumpet.
12. A device for projecting sound waves, as in a loudspeaker.
13. A hollow, metallic electromagnetic transmission antenna with a circular or rectangular cross section.
14. Music A wind instrument made of an animal horn.
15. Music A brass wind instrument, such as a trombone or tuba.
16. Music A French horn.
17. Music A wind instrument, such as a trumpet or saxophone, used in a jazz band.
18. A usually electrical signaling device that produces a loud resonant sound: an automobile horn.
19. Any of various noisemakers operated by blowing or by squeezing a hollow rubber ball.
20. Slang A telephone.
21. To join without being invited; intrude. Used with in.
22. blow Informal To brag or boast about oneself.
23. draw Informal To restrain oneself; draw back.
24. draw Informal To retreat from a previously taken position, view, or stance.
25. draw Informal To economize.
26. on the horns of a dilemma Faced with two equally undesirable alternatives.