cornet
noun
a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
cornets
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pluralof cornet.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Lastly, fold the four sheets of paper on a diagonal, and cut through the crease to yield eight triangular sheets for making cornets.
From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2023
Gougères were served, along with Keller’s signature cornets: salmon-tartare-filled ice-cream cones the size of golf tees.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 26, 2017
Beneath it, tiny wild daisies and mint ornamented the grass with pink tassels and purple cornets.
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2016
In the La Pasion Sevilla brass band, all the cornets are sopranos.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2012
By seven o'clock the orchestra has arrived--no thin five-piece affair but a whole pitful of oboes and trombones and saxophones and viols and cornets and piccolos and low and high drums.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
