horn
[ hawrn ]
/ hɔrn /
noun
verb (used with object)
adjective
made of horn.
Idioms for horn
Origin of horn
OTHER WORDS FROM horn
horn·ish, adjective horn·less, adjective horn·less·ness, noun horn·like, adjectiveWords nearby horn
Definition for lock horns (2 of 2)
Origin of lock
1
before 900; Middle English; Old English
loc fastening, bar; cognate with Middle Low German
lok, Old High German
loh, Old Norse
lok a cover, lid, Gothic
-luk in
usluk opening; akin to Old English
lūcan to shut
OTHER WORDS FROM lock
lock·less, adjective self-lock·ing, adjective well-locked, adjectiveBritish Dictionary definitions for lock horns (1 of 4)
British Dictionary definitions for lock horns (2 of 4)
horn
/ (hɔːn) /
noun
verb (tr)
to provide with a horn or horns
to gore or butt with a horn
See also
horn in
Derived forms of horn
hornless, adjective hornlike, adjectiveWord Origin for horn
Old English; related to Old Norse
horn, Gothic
haurn, Latin
cornu horn
British Dictionary definitions for lock horns (3 of 4)
lock
1
/ (lɒk) /
noun
verb
Derived forms of lock
lockable, adjectiveWord Origin for lock
Old English
loc; related to Old Norse
lok
British Dictionary definitions for lock horns (4 of 4)
lock
2
/ (lɒk) /
noun
a strand, curl, or cluster of hair
a tuft or wisp of wool, cotton, etc
(plural) mainly literary
hair, esp when curly or fine
Word Origin for lock
Old English
loc; related to Old Frisian
lok, Old Norse
lokkr lock of wool
Medical definitions for lock horns
horn
[ hôrn ]
n.
One of the hard, usually permanent structures projecting from the head of certain mammals, such as cattle, consisting of a bony core covered with a sheath of keratinous material.
A hard protuberance that is similar to or suggestive of a horn.
The hard, smooth keratinous material forming the outer covering of animal horns.
Any of the major subdivisions of the lateral ventricle in the cerebral hemisphere of the brain: the frontal horn, occipital horn, and temporal horn.
cornu
Scientific definitions for lock horns
horn
[ hôrn ]
Either of the bony growths projecting from the upper part of the head of certain hoofed mammals, such as cattle, sheep, and goats. The horns of these animals are never shed, and they consist of bone covered by keratin.
A hard growth that looks like a horn, such as an antler or a growth on the head of a giraffe or rhinoceros. Unlike true horns, antlers are shed yearly and have a velvety covering, and the horns of a rhinoceros are made not of bone but of hairy skin fused with keratin.
The hard durable substance that forms the outer covering of true horns. It consists of keratin.
Idioms and Phrases with lock horns (1 of 3)
lock horns
Become embroiled in conflict, as in At the town meeting Kate and Steve locked horns over increasing the property tax. This expression alludes to how stags and bulls use their horns to fight one another. [First half of 1800s]
Idioms and Phrases with lock horns (2 of 3)
horn
Idioms and Phrases with lock horns (3 of 3)
lock