cornet

[ kawr-net for 1; kawr-nit, kawr-net for 2-8 ]

/ kɔrˈnɛt for 1; ˈkɔr nɪt, kɔrˈnɛt for 2-8 /

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noun

Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.

a small cone of paper twisted at the end and used for holding candy, nuts, etc.

a pastry cone, usually filled with whipped cream.

British. a conical wafer, as for ice cream; cone.

a large, white, winged headdress formerly worn by the members of the Sisters of Charity.

a woman's headdress, often cone-shaped, usually of delicate fabrics and having lappets of lace or other material, worn by women from the 14th to the 18th century.

a pennant or flag used for signaling in a navy.

(formerly) the officer who carried the colors in a troop of cavalry: the cornet of horse.

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Origin of cornet

1325–75; Middle English <Middle French, Old French, equivalent to cornhorn (<Latin cornū;see cornu) + -et-et

Words nearby cornet

cornerstone, corner store, corner table, corner the market, cornerwise, cornet, cornet-à-pistons, cornetcy, cornetfish, cornetist, cornett

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How to use cornet in a sentence

Therefore when we hear the sound of the cornet we should implore God to rebuild the Temple.
Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala|Various
A bugle or cornet is not good form, although I have heard it in small towns.
The Complete Bachelor|Walter Germain
M. Trinquier spun round to face the intruder, baton in one hand, cornet in the other.
Wandering Heath|Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
There is nothing criminal in preferring the cornet to any other wind instrument.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 147, August 12, 1914|Various

Casting a last look upon his desolate kraal, the field-cornet turned his horse's head, and rode after the wagon.
Popular Adventure Tales|Mayne Reid

British Dictionary definitions for cornet

cornet

/ (ˈkɔːnɪt) /

noun

Also called: cornet à pistons (ˈkɔːnɪt ə ˈpɪstənz, French kɔrnɛ a pistɔ̃) a three-valved brass instrument of the trumpet family. Written range: about two and a half octaves upwards from E below middle C. It is a transposing instrument in B flat or A

a person who plays the cornet

a variant spelling of cornett

a cone-shaped paper container for sweets, etc

British a cone-shaped wafer container for ice cream

(formerly) the lowest rank of commissioned cavalry officer in the British army

Southern African short for field cornet

a starched and wired muslin or lace cap worn by women from the 12th to the 15th centuries

the large white headdress of some nuns

Word Origin for cornet

C14: from Old French, from corn, from Latin cornū horn

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