cornet

noun

kȯr-ˈnet How to pronounce cornet (audio)
Definition of cornetnext
as in horn
something shaped like a hollow cone and used as a container cornets of pastry dough that were baked and later filled with cream

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Recent Examples of cornet For the album, he's backed by Americana favorites including Gabe Witcher on violin (Punch Brothers, Rosanne Cash), Sebastian Steinberg on bass (Fiona Apple, Phoebe Bridgers), and Charles De Castro on accordion and cornet (Keb' Mo'). — Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 15 Aug. 2025 While recovering from cancer, Jackson pursued his lifelong dream of designing and measuring the acoustical properties of woodwind instruments, particularly Renaissance-era flutes, crumhorns, and cornets. — IEEE Spectrum, 24 July 2025 Flanking him, a cornet player and a percussionist bounced to the rhythm. — Ben Miller Laetitia Vançon, New York Times, 24 July 2025 Soloist Pacho Flores strode on stage in front of the San Diego Symphony, perilously carrying two trumpets and a cornet. — Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2024 See All Example Sentences for cornet
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  1. horn
  2. tube
Noun
  • After 25 minutes of shooting the stuff with Gutekunst, LaFleur’s chief of staff Darryl Franklin and Koonz, a period in which something Achord said made Gutekunst literally keel over in laughter, the double horn sounds to end practice.
    — Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Through this grant, New Britain received an influx of cellos, French horns, clarinets, flutes, saxophones, tubas, trombones, trumpets, violins and xylophones.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of horn
Noun
  • Shampoo can come in a rigid plastic bottle, a flexible squeeze tube, a refillable metal canister or a solid bar in a paperboard box.
    — Erin Victor, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026
  • One photo showed a boat cruising between towering canyon walls, while another captured a tube ride across the water.
    — Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of tube

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“Cornet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cornet. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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