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| cor·net [ kawr nét ] (plural cor·nets) |
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1. music brass instrument like trumpet: a three-valved brass instrument shaped like a compressed trumpet. Its tubing is more conical than a trumpet and it has a softer warmer sound.
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2. music
Same as cornetist
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3. [ kawr nét, káwr nit ] food industry paper cone for holding candy: a piece of paper folded into a cone shape and used to hold small edible things, especially candy
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4. [ kawr nét, káwr nit ] dress woman's headdress: a headdress of starched cloth worn by women in the 12th to 15th centuries
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5. [ kawr nét, káwr nit ] dress christianity nun's headdress: a large white headdress worn by some Christian nuns in the 12th and 13th centuries
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| [14th century. < French, "small horn" < corne "horn" < Latin cornu] |
