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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
horn
horn [horn horns horned horning] noun, verb BrE [hɔːn] NAmE [hɔːrn]
noun 
1. countable a hard pointed part that grows, usually in pairs, on the heads of some animals, such as sheep and cows. Horns are often curved.
2. uncountable the hard substance of which animal horns are made
3. countable a simple musical instrument that consists of a curved metal tube that you blow into
•a hunting horn
4. countable (especially BrE) = ↑French horn
•a horn concerto
5. countable a device in a vehicle for making a loud sound as a warning or signal
•to honk your car horn
• (BrE)to sound/toot your horn
• Behind him, a horn blared. 
see also ↑foghorn
more at take the bull by the horns at ↑bull, lock horns (with sb) at ↑lock v.
Word Origin:
Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoorn and German Horn, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin cornu and Greek keras.
Thesaurus:
horn noun C
•The driver in front honked her horn.
alarm • • siren •
hear a/an horn/alarm/siren
a/an horn/alarm/siren sounds
Example Bank:
•He gave a furious blast on his horn.
•Impatient horn blasts began to sound behind him.
•Passing motorists honked their horns.
•a large bull with curved horns
•ornaments made of rhino horn
•She flashed her lights and honked her horn at the car in front.
Idioms: ↑blow your own horn ▪ ↑draw your horns in ▪ ↑on the horns of a dilemma
Derived: ↑horn in
verb
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoorn and German Horn, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin cornu and Greek keras.
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