Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fish-horn

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.07 in modern English

Syllables: fish-horn
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A horn that produces a loud and penetrating sound, used by a fishmonger to announce that the catch is in.

Example Sentences

"Our "music" consisted of a bass-drum, which was tortured by the clown; a fish-horn beautifully played upon by Sam Palmer; a dinner-bell whose din was extracted by Jack Adams."
"He pointed toward the column, whose advance Juggie was enthusiastically stimulating by loud and prolonged blasts on the fish-horn."
"The lad was pounced upon and raised up on his friends' shoulders, and away went the boat club boys around the town, Blumpo in advance of them blowing a big fish-horn."

Etymology

From fish + horn.

Inflected Forms

fish-horns (plural) fish horn (alternative)

Questions

What does fish-horn mean?: A horn that produces a loud and penetrating sound, used by a fishmonger to announce that the catch is in.
Where does fish-horn come from?: From fish + horn.

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