horn

[ hawrn ]
/ hɔrn /

noun

verb (used with object)

adjective

made of horn.

Idioms for horn

Origin of horn

before 900; Middle English horn(e) (noun), Old English horn; cognate with Dutch horen, Old Norse, Danish, Swedish horn, German Horn, Gothic haurn, Latin cornu cornu, Irish, Welsh corn; akin to Greek kéras horn (see cerat-)

OTHER WORDS FROM horn

horn·ish, adjective horn·less, adjective horn·less·ness, noun horn·like, adjective

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, adjective

British Dictionary definitions for lock horns (1 of 4)

Horn
/ (hɔːn) /

noun

Cape See Cape Horn

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, adjective

Word 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, adjective

Word 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