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cornet definition

cor·net (kôr net′; Brit kôr′nit)

noun

  1. a brass instrument similar to the trumpet in pitch and construction but more compact and with a deeper mouthpiece
    1. a piece of paper twisted like a cone, for holding sugar, candy, etc.
    2. a cone-shaped piece of pastry, often filled as with whipped cream
  3. the spreading, white headdress of a Sister of Charity

Etymology: ME & OFr, dim. of corn, a horn < L cornu, horn

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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