Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Music A wind instrument of the trumpet class, having three valves operated by pistons.
- noun A piece of paper twisted into a cone and used to hold small wares such as candy or nuts.
- noun A headdress, often cone-shaped, worn by women in the 12th and 13th centuries.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
coronet , 6. - To let the blood of (a horse).
- noun In botany, a hollow, horn-like growth or projection; a hood.
- noun In music: Originally, a musical instrument of the oboe class, of crude construction and harsh tone.
- noun Same as
cornet-à-pistons . An organ-stop having from 3 to 5 pipes to each key, and giving loud and somewhat coarse tones: now rarely made. - noun A pedal reed-stop of 2-or 4-feet tone.
- noun A little cap of paper twisted at the end, in which retailers inclose small wares.
- noun The square-topped academic cap.
- noun A woman's head-dress or a part of it, probably named from its angular or pointed shape, as the end or corner of the tippet of the chaperon in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
- noun That part of the head-dress worn in the seventeenth century that hung down beside the cheek; a flap, a pendent strip of lace, or the like. See
pinner . Also calledbugle-cap . - noun In dressmaking, the shaping of a sleeve near the wrist: so called from its resemblance to what is known as trumpet-shape.
- noun Same as
cornette . - noun Milit.: A flag or standard.
- noun The officer of lowest commissioned grade in the cavalry, to whose charge this flag was confided: a term equivalent to ensign in the infantry.
- noun A company of cavalry, named in like manner from the standard carried at its head.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An obsolete rude reed instrument (Ger.
Zinken ), of the oboe family. - noun A brass instrument, with cupped mouthpiece, and furnished with valves or pistons, now used in bands, and, in place of the trumpet, in orchestras. See
cornet-à-piston . - noun A certain organ stop or register.
- noun A cap of paper twisted at the end, used by retailers to inclose small wares.
- noun obsolete, obsolete, obsolete A troop of cavalry; -- so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.
- noun obsolete The standard of such a troop.
- noun The lowest grade of commissioned officer in a British cavalry troop, who carried the standard. The office was abolished in 1871.
- noun A headdress.
- noun A square cap anciently worn as a mark of certain professions.
- noun A part of a woman's headdress, in the 16th century.
- noun (Far.) See
Coronet , 2.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
musical instrument of thebrass family, slightly smaller than atrumpet , usually in the musical key ofB-flat . - noun A piece of
paper twisted to be used as acontainer . - noun A
pastry shell to be filled with ice-cream, hence (UK) anice cream cone . - noun The white
headdress worn by the Sisters of Charity. - noun obsolete The
standard flown by acavalry troop. - noun historical The fifth commissioned
officer in a cavalry troop, who carried thecolours (equivalent to theensign in infantry).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The cornet was a man of about forty, with a grey pointed beard, skinny and lean, but handsome and very fresh-looking for his age.
The Cossacks 2003
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And my dad was buying me a cornet, which is sort of like a trumpet.
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He would be content with the little one, the what-you-call cornet; and -- don't you see? '
The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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The cornet was his own, and he presented the drum to King, and the tambourine to Marjorie.
Marjorie at Seacote Carolyn Wells 1902
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The cornet was a man of about forty, with a grey pointed beard, skinny and lean, but handsome and very fresh-looking for his age.
The Cossacks Leo Tolstoy 1869
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One of the most famous musicians of the 20th century, he was first known as a cornet player, then as a trumpet player, and toward the end of his career he was best known as a vocalist and influential jazz singers.
offBeat 2010
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One of the most famous musicians of the 20th century, he was first known as a cornet player, then as a trumpet player, and toward the end of his career he was best known as a vocalist and influential jazz singers.
offBeat 2010
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One of the most famous musicians of the 20th century, he was first known as a cornet player, then as a trumpet player, and toward the end of his career he was best known as a vocalist and influential jazz singers.
offBeat 2010
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One of the most famous musicians of the 20th century, he was first known as a cornet player, then as a trumpet player, and toward the end of his career he was best known as a vocalist and influential jazz singers.
offBeat 2010
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One of the most famous musicians of the 20th century, he was first known as a cornet player, then as a trumpet player, and toward the end of his career he was best known as a vocalist and influential jazz singers.
offBeat 2010
chained_bear commented on the word cornet
"an officer in a troop of cavalry with the rank of ensign." (citation in list description)
October 10, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word cornet
I love seeing the two tags on here:
fruit - military
October 10, 2008