word-vault/dist/data/cards/ho/horn.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "horn",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "image": "data/images/ma/mammals.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a hard pointed part that grows, usually in pairs, on the heads of some animals, such as sheep and cows. Horns are often curved.",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a large bull with curved horns"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Animals"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["buffalo", "bull’s", "cow’s"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the hard substance of which animal horns are made",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "ornaments made of rhino horn"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["buffalo", "bull’s", "cow’s"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a device in a vehicle for making a loud sound as a warning or signal",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **honk your** car **horn**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **sound/toot** your **horn**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Behind him, a horn blared."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He gave a furious blast on his horn."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Impatient horn blasts began to sound behind him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Passing motorists honked their horns."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She flashed her lights and honked her horn at the car in front."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by car or lorry"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["car"],
                "verb + horn": ["beep", "blare", "blow"],
                "horn + verb": ["beep", "blare", "honk"],
                "horn + noun": ["blast"],
                "preposition": ["on a/​the horn"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a simple musical instrument that consists of a curved metal tube that you blow into",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a hunting horn"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Music"],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + horn": ["blow"],
                "horn + noun": ["section"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a brass musical instrument that consists of a long tube curled around in a circle with a wide opening at the end",
            "labels": "(especially British English)British and North American English",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a horn concerto"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + horn": ["blow"],
                "horn + noun": ["section"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to praise your own abilities and achievements",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to start being more careful in your behaviour, especially by spending less money than before",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Small businesses have had to pull their horns in during the recession."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to get involved in an argument with somebody",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The company has locked horns with the unions over proposed pay cuts."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "in a situation in which you have to make a choice between things that are equally unpleasant",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The medical profession’s eagerness for scientific advance had impaled it on the horns of a dilemma, forcing an unnatural choice between science and morality."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The dire economic situation had placed the prime minister on the horns of a dilemma."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Preferences and decisions"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to face a difficult or dangerous situation directly and with courage",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Nora decided to take the bull by the horns and organize things for herself."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Difficulty and failure"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/hɔːn/",
                "audio": "ho/horn/horn__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/hɔːrn/",
                "audio": "ho/horn/horn__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoorn and German Horn, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin cornu and Greek keras."
}