Cornet

Word CORNET
Character 6
Hyphenation cor net
Pronunciations /ˈkɔːnɪt/

Definitions and meanings of "Cornet"

What do we mean by cornet?

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. noun

Same as coronet, 6. noun

To let the blood of (a horse).

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 called bugle-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. noun

An obsolete rude reed instrument (Ger. Zinken), of the oboe family. noun

A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat.

A piece of paper twisted to be used as a container.

A pastry shell to be filled with ice-cream, hence an ice cream cone.

A troop of cavalry; so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.

A kind of organ stop.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Cornet

The word "cornet" in example sentences

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. ❋ Unknown (2003)

And my dad was buying me a cornet, which is sort of like a trumpet. ❋ Unknown (1999)

He would be content with the little one, the what-you-call cornet; and -- don't you see? ' ❋ Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1903)

The cornet was his own, and he presented the drum to King, and the tambourine to Marjorie. ❋ Carolyn Wells (1902)

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. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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