I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
English horn
French horn
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
car
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The Nurse honks the car horn to warn the lovers of Lady Capulet's arrival.
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Think Buddhas amid the car horns .
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Suddenly, a car horn sounded from close by.
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The urgent blare of his car horn drew their attention back to the sheriff's tall figure.
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It is not permitted to sound a car horn after a certain hour.
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Down in the drive some one was sounding a car horn .
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There was the jabber of a car horn in his ear.
player
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Six rows of horn players and drummers clap, play and sway from side to side in accompaniment.
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My ideal here is Seifert, who is quite simply the best horn player in the world.
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Or of women horn players , reed wizards or guitarists.
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Ervin is likewise considered a world-class horn player in constant demand.
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The Strauss is Franz, father of Richard, and a celebrated horn player of his day.
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Martin Glimmer is the 50-something horn player on his last legs.
rhino
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Officials say about 1.4 tonnes of rhino horn stockpiled, but conservationists claim the real figure is up to 10 tonnes.
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Prices were sky high, with rhino horn worth four times as much as ivory, and still rising.
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More sinister are the deaths in suspicious circumstances of two army officers who were investigating the rhino horn trade.
rhinoceros
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I always thought that was rhinoceros horn .
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Notable among these are ivory, shells, rhinoceros horn , coral, amber and jet.
section
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The Last To Know is the most exuberant track, helped by a vibrant horn section and a catchy melody.
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As in the stuff they make big band horn sections out of.
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He's got a horn section , he's got singers and he's got the rhythm section.
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Hinds' backing band, named after Fats Domino, counts eight musicians, including a three-piece horn section .
■ VERB
blow
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Other angry motorists blew their horns and flashed rude two-finger salutes when they finally managed to overtake him.
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Then all three of the traders laughed together and sounded like a fleet of tugboats blowing their horns .
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As she turned uphill, a dark-red Daimler slid by, and blew its horn at her.
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When you blow the horn , it sounds blaring.
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Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn .
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We climbed up on to it; some one blew a horn and the beat started.
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Nanny hoisted her higher in her arms as the huntsman blew his horn and the hounds moved off.
lock
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The big beasts of medical ethics have been locking horns , the rationalists against the religious as usual.
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In fact, the feuding agencies were about to lock horns and starve over the first two dams on their priority lists.
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Louis throws a chair at Victor; they lock horns and wrestle.
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Who had once locked horns with superpowers.
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They locked grinding horns , and scuffled.
sound
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The driver sounded his horn furiously as the taxi sped on.
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To help the doggies along, Mercer sounds a horn that emits an ear-piercing wail from his plane.
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Oscar sounded his deafening horn three times and the gates to the yard swung open.
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In his failure to sound the horn in time there is tragedy, but it is not of a very complicated kind.
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Santerre sounded the horn and led the excited hunters down the hill.
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It is not permitted to sound a car horn after a certain hour.
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Down in the drive some one was sounding a car horn .
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The driver sounded his horn frantically.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
blow your own horn
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Borland has plenty of reason to blow his own horn - his company has just shown record profits.
draw in your horns
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However, it now plans to draw in its horns in anticipation of declining demand for farm machinery by cutting back production.
lock horns (with sb)
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In fact, the feuding agencies were about to lock horns and starve over the first two dams on their priority lists.
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Louis throws a chair at Victor; they lock horns and wrestle.
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The big beasts of medical ethics have been locking horns, the rationalists against the religious as usual.
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Who had once locked horns with superpowers.
take the bull by the horns
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Helena decided to take the bull by the horns and organize the show herself.
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We decided to take the bull by the horns and go to court, instead of paying the fine.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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horn -rimmed glasses
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He contrasted sharply with the acceptance horn , exemplified by career policemen.
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The driver leaned out of the window and shouted at the lad, sounded his horn twice, then drove on.
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The palace enhances this quality through its long flat courtyard, which leads us directly to the rising horns.
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We will therefore use the four horns in unison.
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When you blow the horn , it sounds blaring.
II. verb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
take the bull by the horns
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Helena decided to take the bull by the horns and organize the show herself.
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We decided to take the bull by the horns and go to court, instead of paying the fine.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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For a while, being there felt like horning in on a family reunion.