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hornlike

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: HH AO1 R N L AY2 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Projecting like a horn.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of a hard substance, similar to horn.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

made of horn (or of a substance resembling horn)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: corneous, horny

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From horn + -like. Piecewise doublet of cornlike.

Across languages

Translations

3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: sarvimainen — projecting like horn
  • Azerbaijani: buynuzvari — similar to horn
  • Finnish: sarvimainen — similar to horn