Cornet meaning

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The definition of a cornet is something cone shaped, such as a brass musical instrument like a trumpet.

An example of a cornet is an ice cream cone.

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A wind instrument of the trumpet class, having three valves operated by pistons.
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A piece of paper twisted into a cone and used to hold small wares such as candy or nuts.
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A headdress, often cone-shaped, worn by women in the 12th and 13th centuries.
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A brass instrument similar to the trumpet in pitch and construction but more compact and with a deeper mouthpiece.
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The spreading, white headdress of a Sister of Charity.
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A piece of paper twisted like a cone, for holding sugar, candy, etc.
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A cone-shaped piece of pastry, often filled as with whipped cream.
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A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat.
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A piece of paper twisted to be used as a container.
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A pastry shell to be filled with ice-cream, hence (UK) an ice cream cone.
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A kind of organ stop.
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The white headdress worn by the Sisters of Charity.
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(historical) The fifth commissioned officer in a cavalry troop, who carried the colours (equivalent to the ensign in infantry).
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Origin of cornet

Middle English from Old French diminutive of corn horn from Latin cornū ker-1 in Indo-European roots

Sentence Examples

  • he became cornet in a regiment of horse, but soon quitted the army for the church.

  • During his stay at the Northamptonshire village of Holdenby or Holmby - where Sir Thomas Herbert complains the green was not well kept - Charles frequently rode over to Lord Vaux's place at Harrowden, or to Lord Spencer's at Althorp, for a game, and, according to one account, was actually playing on the latter green when Cornet Joyce came to Holmby to remove him to other quarters.

  • A cornet, hearing the story, informed his commander.

  • Cornet and A.

  • "I don't myself know 'to who,'" replied the cornet in a serious tone, "but the prince told me to 'go and tell the colonel that the hussars must return quickly and fire the bridge.'"

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