as in horns
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 cornets
Nevertheless, Gadson’s father, Harold, bought him and his brother, Thomas, cornets to play in their school’s drum and bugle corps, Gadson recalled in author Jim Payne’s The Great Drummers of R&B, Funk & Soul.
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Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2026
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
Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cornets
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The red satin look featured a corseted bodice with a sweetheart neckline and pointed horns at the end of each side.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
22 Apr. 2026
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Every few minutes, the quiet of a muggy spring evening in the Park Glen neighborhood in far north Fort Worth was broken by the clanging of pots, pans, air horns, and other noisemakers as residents looked skyward at unwanted guests.—
Emily Holshouser,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Apr. 2026
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Lateral deformation and bowing can impact the placement and performance of fuel, and the monobloc construction of these tubes is designed to mitigate those issues.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Apr. 2026
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Even in the more modern setting, the dainty designs on the plastic tubes and metal tins convey the history of the product within.—
Gabriella Fine,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Cornets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cornets. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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