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Cornet Moderate

Cornet has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves

2

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

3

The white headdress worn by the Sisters of Charity.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
brass
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
serpent

Origin

The word comes from the Old French cornet, which is a small version of the Latin word for "horn." It entered English via Middle English with this same meaning.

Rhyming Words
net anet snet denet bonet benet lunet ennet manet abnet genet senet tinet nonet monet avnet binet tenet janet annet
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